A welfare check on a family in Enoch, Utah, Wednesday led police to discover the bodies of eight dead family members having gunshot wounds.
Authorities did not provide further details, such as names of the deceased or possible motives for the killings.
“At this time, we do not believe there is a threat to the public or that there are any suspects at large,” Enoch officials said in a statement regarding the town of 8,000, about 245 miles south of Salt Lake City.
The victims were discovered by police during a welfare check at their residence, according to the officials’ statement.