3 people, including infant, killed in carnival shooting near Salt Lake City

UTAH – Three people, including an eight-month-old infant, were shot and killed, and two teenagers were wounded following an altercation between two groups at an annual carnival in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah, on the night of June 15, police said.

A 41-year-old female bystander was among those killed, while an 18-year-old man in one of the groups involved in the altercation also died in the shooting during “Westfest” at Centennial Park, West Valley City.

The West Valley City Police Department said as officers approached to break up an argument between the two groups, a 16-year-old male in one of them pulled out a gun and opened fire at the other group.

The police returned fire, but did not hit the suspect, who has been taken into custody.

The wounded teenagers, a male and a female, were hit in their arms, but it was not clear if they were connected to the groups involved, the police said.

So far in 2025, there have been 156 mass shootings in the United States, defined as incidents where four or more people were shot or killed, excluding the shooter, according to the Gun Violence Archive. REUTERS