3 killed, 2 injured at carnival in U.S. Utah
LOS ANGELES, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Three people, including an 8-month-old infant, were killed and two others were injured in a shooting Sunday night at a carnival in western U.S. state of Utah, police said.
At 9:20 p.m. Sunday local time, police officers working at the WestFest carnival spotted two groups of people have a verbal altercation. As they approached to break up the altercation, a 16-year-old male from one of the groups pulled out a gun and fired, according to the West Valley City Police Department.
"One officer fired and did not hit the suspect, but the 16-year-old male suspect was taken into custody," said the police department in a post on X.
An 18-year-old male in one of the groups was hit and died. A 41-year-old female bystander was also struck and killed and an 8-month-old infant was hit and killed as well, said the department, adding that the two wounded, a 17-year-old female and a 15-year-old male, were both hit in the arm.
Police said they are working to release the names of the deceased victims of the shooting on Monday after their families are notified.
West Valley City is in Salt Lake County and an inner suburb of Salt Lake City, the capital and most populous city of Utah.
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