{"id":4855,"date":"2026-01-08T10:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/two-people-killed-in-shooting-outside-mormon-church-in-salt-lake-city-us\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:35:12","slug":"two-people-killed-in-shooting-outside-mormon-church-in-salt-lake-city-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/two-people-killed-in-shooting-outside-mormon-church-in-salt-lake-city-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Two people killed in shooting outside Mormon church in Salt Lake City, US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>As manhunt is under way, police do not believe attack was random but neither was it likely to be attack on religion.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Two people have been killed and several injured in a shooting in the car park of a Mormon church in the Utah capital of Salt Lake City in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the shooting occurred on Wednesday in the car park of a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where dozens of people were attending a funeral.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/7\/ice-agent-shoots-and-kills-woman-during-minneapolis-raid\">Protests erupt as ICE agent kills woman during Minneapolis immigration raid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/1\/7\/ice-agent-fatally-shoots-woman-during-minneapolis-immigration-raid\">ICE agent fatally shoots woman during Minneapolis immigration raid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/25\/two-injured-after-ice-agents-fire-at-maryland-vehicle-amid-crackdown\">Two injured after ICE agents fire at Maryland vehicle amid crackdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Three of the six injured victims are in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Police confirmed that no suspect was in custody and have launched a manhunt, with the FBI reportedly offering assistance.<\/p>\n<p>While police said they did not believe the shooting was random, Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd told The Associated Press news agency it did not appear to be a targeted attack against a religion.<\/p>\n<p>Church spokesman Glen Mills told reporters there had been signs of a fracas outside the church, where the funeral was taking place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut in the parking lot, there was some sort of altercation took [place] and that\u2019s when shots were fired,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>About 100 law enforcement vehicles were at the scene in the aftermath, with helicopters flying overhead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as I came over, I see someone on the ground\u2026 People are attending to him and crying and arguing,\u201d said Brennan McIntire, a local man who spoke to AP.<\/p>\n<p>Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said, \u201cThis should never have happened outside a place of worship. This should never have happened outside a celebration of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The church, which has headquarters in Salt Lake City, is cooperating with law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>About half of Utah\u2019s 3.5 million residents are members of the faith. Churches like the one where the shooting occurred can be found in towns throughout the city and state.<\/p>\n<p>The faith has been on heightened alert since four people were killed when a former Marine opened fire in a Michigan church last month and set it ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI found that he was motivated by \u201canti-religious beliefs\u201d against the church.<\/p>\n<p>About 82 percent of mass killings in the US in 2025 involved a firearm, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/2\/us-mass-killings-drop-to-20-year-low-in-2025-database\">database<\/a> maintained by AP alongside USA Today and Northeastern University.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting in Salt Lake City occurred amid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/7\/ice-agent-shoots-and-kills-woman-during-minneapolis-raid\">growing unrest<\/a> in the US, after a federal officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis amid ongoing protests against an immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As manhunt is under way, police do not believe attack was random but neither was it likely to be attack on religion. 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