A domestic violence incident in Uintah County over the weekend ended with one person seriously injured and one person dead. According to the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to a family fight
on Saturday night at 10:40pm
at the Canyon Villas Townhouses at
2425 West 500 North.
“The call was immediately updated to ‘shots fired,’” shares the Sheriff’s Office. “When deputies arrived, they found an adult female victim in a neighbor’s residence that had been shot multiple times. Deputies were directed to another residence where it was believed the shooter had fled. After a short search, an adult male, believed to be the suspect, was found deceased inside that residence.” Witnesses heard a physical altercation between the male and female inside their residence and the female then ran from her residence to a neighbors door looking for help. “The male suspect followed after her and shot her multiple times with a handgun as one of the neighbors was opening their door. The neighbor was able to get the victim inside his residence until law enforcement and EMS crews arrived. The suspect fled back to his residence where deputies found him deceased by a self-inflicted gunshot.” The victim was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries and was then airlifted to the Wasatch Front for further treatment.
