One man is dead and a woman injured from multiple gunshot wounds as a result of a domestic violence incident that took place in Uintah County late Saturday night.
The Uintah County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Sunday afternoon that officers were responding to reports of a family fight at 2425 W. 500 North in the Canyon Villas Townhouses on Saturday at 10:40 p.m. The dispatch was soon updated to a “shots fired” incident.
Upon arrival, deputies found a woman in a neighbor’s residence who had been shot multiple times. Deputies were directed to a nearby residence where the shooter, a man, was believed to have fled.