The 18-year-old man who shot and killed at least five people Monday night at Trolley Square has been identified as Sulejmen Talovic, a Bosnian refugee who lived in Salt Lake City.
Little additional information was released about Talovic.
The Bosnian community, which numbers about 3,000 in Utah, planned a news conference later this afternoon.
Talovic parked his car in the west parking lot and walked into the mall, encountering two people, whom he shot. Then he walked further into the mall and shot a woman, said Police Chief Chris Burbank.
He then walked to a gift shop and shot five people. He shot several other people before he was gunned down by an off-duty Ogden police officer assisted by four Salt Lake City police officers, Burbank said.
He had a backpack that carried numerous rounds of ammunition as well as a .38-caliber handgun, said the chief.
From other reports I've read, there's a high likelihood that this kid was a Muslim. Now whether this was a case of personal jihad, or just a case of crazy confused kid is yet to be determined, and based on the mainstream media, may never be determined because none of them are even asking the obvious questions.
I wonder what the concealed carry laws are like in Utah? In many states where concealed weapons permits are easy to get, an off-duty cop would not have been the only guy around with a weapon, and this whole incident might have ended a little sooner and with less loss of life.
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