2026 Salt Lake City church shooting

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Salt Lake City LDS church shooting
Location 40°47′01″N111°56′19″W / 40.783617°N 111.938517°W / 40.783617; -111.938517
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
660 North Redwood Road
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
DateJanuary 7, 2026
Attack type
 Mass shooting
Weapons Handgun [1]
Deaths2
Injured6
PerpetratorsUnknown

On January 7, 2026, an altercation occurred outside a meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a funeral in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The altercation escalated into a shooting that killed two people and left six others injured (three of whom critically), and resulted in a manhunt for the suspect or suspects. [2] [3]

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According to Salt Lake City Police, the altercation that preceded the shooting was a personal dispute between funeral attendees [4] and that gunfire was exchanged by two or more people. [5] Several people were detained, but they were reportedly "not cooperative". [4] Police do not suspect that the attack was targeted against the church. [4]

Victims

Killed:

Investigation

Ryan Daniel Toutai, 32, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on a second-degree felony obstruction of justice charge nearly one week after the shooting took place. [7]

Reactions

Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall said that she was "heartbroken" by the shooting and that she was in constant contact with the city's police department leadership. [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Jordan (January 14, 2026). "SLC police arrest man on suspicion of obstructing LDS church shooting investigation". The Salt Lake Tribune.
  2. ↑ Watts, Jennifer; Moore, Jack (January 7, 2026). "2 dead, 6 wounded after shooting outside Salt Lake City funeral; no suspects in custody". ABC News . Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  3. ↑ "What we know the morning after a deadly Salt Lake City shooting at an LDS church". The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Press, Associated (January 8, 2026). "The shooting outside a Utah church grew out of a dispute between funeral goers, police say". KPRC. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  5. ↑ Tavss, Jeff (January 8, 2026). "Exchange of gunfire occurred during Salt Lake City church shooting that killed 2". FOX 13 News Utah (KSTU). Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  6. ↑ Miller, Jordan. "Here's the latest on the Salt Lake City LDS church shooting as of Friday". The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Suspect booked on obstruction charges connected to Salt Lake funeral shooting". kutv.com. January 14, 2026.
  8. ↑ "X post". X . January 8, 2026. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
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