Two Killed and Six Shot Outside Church, World Still No Closer to Explaining Violence

KEY POINTS

•A shooting outside a Salt Lake City LDS meetinghouse on Wednesday killed two and injured six during a memorial service.
•Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said the shooting was not targeted specifically at Latter-day Saints.
•Authorities continue searching for suspects, while city officials and Senator Mike Lee urge the public to provide information.

In a plot twist that thrills no one, a shooting outside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ meetinghouse at 660 North Redwood Road in Salt Lake City left two dead and six wounded during a memorial service Wednesday. Chief Brian Redd gracefully announced the shooting wasn’t a ‘targeted attack’ on Latter-day Saints, because hey, random mass shootings are apparently the new community outreach. Three critically injured adults are still hanging on, while police chase 'solid leads' on suspects who seem to be ghosting better than your last Tinder date. This nightmare follows a similarly tragic September shooting at a Michigan LDS chapel by a gunman with anti-Mormon views, so apparently hatred spans from Michigan funerals to Utah memorial dedication ceremonies. Meanwhile, politicians are praying and urging tip-offs on socials while the world collectively wonders when sacred spaces will come with threat levels.