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A judge says a murder charge against a man accused of passing his gun to a 16-year-old who shot and killed a man outside a Salt Lake nightclub will stand, even though the murder charge against the shooter was dismissed.

A 3rd District Court judge dismissed a first-degree murder case on Thursday after making a determination that a Millcreek teenager charged with murder was justified in firing a gun in an attempt to stop a fight outside a Salt Lake City club.\n

A look at the stories of the 95 Utah homicide victims who were killed during 2021.

There were 95 homicides in Utah during 2021, the second highest total ever in the state behind 2020s 103 killings, according to KSL.com statistics. Three out of every four victims were shot to death.

According to statistics, there were 95 homicides in Utah during 2021. That’s the second-highest total ever in the state behind 2020’s 103 killings. Statistics show 71 of the 95 homicide victims — 75% — died as a result of gunfire.