Two men found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds in Sandy
Sep 15, 2021, 6:00 AM | Updated: 11:32 am
UPDATE: Police have confirmed both men who were found dead at a Sandy home died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
Sgt. Clay Swensen with the Sandy Police Department said the victims are a man and a boy and they are related.
“There was an argument between two males, and one male took his life and the other followed suit and took his life as well,” said Sgt. Clay Swensen with the Sandy Police Department.
The man called 911 after the first shooting, but when police, arrived both victims had self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
Police did not release their identities.
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Original story continues below.
SANDY, Utah — Police are investigating after a shooting left two men dead in a Sandy neighborhood late Tuesday night.
Sgt. Clay Swensen with the Sandy Police Department said officers responded to the home near 9050 Club Oaks Drive and found both victims.
“Our officers did perform live-saving efforts,” Swensen said. “However medical personnel did arrive and told them that both males were decreased.”
Swensen said there are no outstanding suspects and there is no threat to the public.
Investigators were on scene working to determine what led up to the shooting, and police did not release the victims’ names, if there was any relationship between the two or if they lived at the home.
Swensen said witnesses were cooperating with investigators.
