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Officials in the city of Enoch, Utah, said the family members, including five children, were killed by their father. The man's wife had filed for divorce two weeks earlier, they said.

Officers learned of the shooting deaths after responding to a welfare check at a home in Enoch City, which is about 245 miles south of Salt Lake City, according to

Police didn't offer specifics about the killings, but said they discovered the bodies while conducting a welfare check at the house.

The five children attended schools in the Iron County School District, officials said in a letter sent to parents.

(Reuters) - A 42-year-old Utah man shot dead seven members of his family including five children ranging in age from 4 to 17 and then turned the gun o...

The bodies found inside the southern Utah home in the town of Enoch were said to have suffered from apparent gunshot wounds, according to police.

A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife, then killed himself two weeks after the woman had filed for divorce, according to authorities and public records.

Police didn't offer specifics about the killings, but said they discovered the bodies while conducting a welfare check at the house.

The bodies found inside the southern Utah home in the town of Enoch were said to have suffered from apparent gunshot wounds, according to police.

A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife, then killed himself two weeks after the woman had filed for divorce, according to authorities and public records.