Updated: Dec 29, 2016 10:19pm
Police are investigating a fatal shooting that took place at the University of Utah around 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29.
The incident occurred in the ARUP Laboratories parking lot at 500 S. Chipeta Way.
Richard Peralta, 25, was identified by police as the shooter. Peralta allegedly shot his wife, Katherine Peralta, 23, multiple times before turning the gun on himself.
Katherine Peralta died at the scene, while Richard Peralta was taken to a local hospital where he died due to his injuries.
The ARUP building underwent a lockdown after the shooting, which has now ended.
Police Chief Dale Brophy said there is no continuing threat.
Elise Vandersteen contributed also to this article.
Charlie McKeon • Dec 30, 2016 at 4:50 am
The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence graded the laws of Utah F.
Where very nearly no one has a handgun—Great Britain—in both homicide and suicide gunshot wounds are a minor cause only. In the United States two thirds of the homicide corpses and half of the suicide corpses have gunshot wounds—in 2014 altogether over thirty thousand.
Guns are more deadly than other weapons. Persons men attack have better chances of surviving if the men attacking them have no guns. The FBI reported that last year in attacks persons survived—aggravated assaults—one in four attackers only were wielding guns; but in attacks where persons died—murder—seven of ten.
Charlie McKeon • Dec 30, 2016 at 4:50 am
The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence graded the laws of Utah F.
Where very nearly no one has a handgun—Great Britain—in both homicide and suicide gunshot wounds are a minor cause only. In the United States two thirds of the homicide corpses and half of the suicide corpses have gunshot wounds—in 2014 altogether over thirty thousand.
Guns are more deadly than other weapons. Persons men attack have better chances of surviving if the men attacking them have no guns. The FBI reported that last year in attacks persons survived—aggravated assaults—one in four attackers only were wielding guns; but in attacks where persons died—murder—seven of ten.