A 34-year-old man and a six-year-old boy are dead in what authorities are calling a murder and death by suicide involving a firearm. The Salt Lake City Police Department is investigating the matter.
SLCPD reports that the incident happened in the Ballpark neighborhood on Saturday. Around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, SLC911 received information about a possible death at a residence near Van Buren Avenue and Main Street.
SLCPD officers responded to the scene where they found a man and a six-year-old deceased inside the residence. SLCPD is investigating the deaths as a murder and death by suicide involving a firearm.
The 34-year-old deceased man has been identified as Samuel Owen who is the child’s father. SLCPD Homicide Squad Detectives are leading the investigation. The murder is the fourth in Salt Lake City in 2024. No other details are available at this time.
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