A teenage boy allegedly shot five people at a carnival and killed three of them including an eight-month-old infant.
The teen is accused of opening fire as two groups got into a fight at the WestFest carnival at Centennial Park in a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Police officers working at the carnival saw the two groups get into a verbal altercation on Sunday night.
‘As they approached to break up the altercation, a 16-year-old male from one of the groups pulled out a gun and fired,’ wrote the West Valley City Police Department on X (formerly Twitter).
An officer fired and did not hit the suspect, who was taken into custody.
The teen allegedly killed Hassan Lugundi, 18, who was believed to be his target; Fnu Reena, 41; and the infant whose identity was not immediately released.
West Valley City Mayor Karen Lang said that the city council was ‘heartbroken’.
‘What should have been a joyful night of community celebration ended in unimaginable tragedy,’ Lang wrote in statement shared by the police department on Monday.
‘We mourn the lives lost and stand in deep sorrow with the families whose worlds have been changed forever.’
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