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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 21 January 2020
Utah police: Boy accused in killing 4 not cooperating

A boy accused of shooting rectly able to answer that, never have the answers
and killing four members of we hope to be able to they hope to have," she
a Utah family and wound- gather some information said.
ing a fifth surrendered to be able to help people Police responded to a call
peacefully following the Fri- in future to be able to pre- of shots fired inside the
day night slayings, but has vent something like this or home at approximately 7
since refused to speak with offer support to those who p.m. Friday. When officers
detectives trying to piece may need it," Fields said. arrived, they found the
together a possible motive, "We don't have a lot of bodies of Consuelo Alejan-
police said Monday. crime," she added. "It's hard dra Haynie, 52, her daugh-
Police in the small town of to accept that something ters Alexis, 15, and Maylan,
Grantsville released the like this has happened in 14, and son Mathew, 14,
names of the victims, who our community Fields said.
ranged from 14 to 52 years Investigators were trying The shooter and father Co-
old, and said the boy was to put together a timeline lin Haynie, 50, were gone,
related to them. But author- of the shooting to help fig- she said. Authorities later
ities declined to specify the ure out what happened, discovered that a person
suspect's age, his relation Fields said, adding that no who arrived at the house
to the victims or release his other details were being re- after the shooting drove
name at the request of the leased at this time. the suspect and the surviv-
district attorney until formal A candlelight vigil for the ing victim to a nearby hos-
charges are filed. victims was planned for pital, Fields said.
The father of the family was Monday night at Grantsville Authorities said they had Police investigate after four people were killed and fifth person
released from the hospital City Park. not been called to the was injured in a shooting at a Grantsville, Utah, home Friday,
after being treated for a Relatives of the victims house in the past. Jan. 17, 2020.
gunshot wound and was asked for privacy as they Officers arrested the boy Associated Press
talking with investigators, awaited results of the inves- at the hospital. He faces
said Police Sgt. Rhonda tigation. Patty Deakin-Dal- four counts of aggravated drove them to the hospital District officials planned to
Fields. She added that the ey, a realtor who started murder, one count of at- was not involved in shoot- offer counseling to students
killings were the first homi- a fundraising campaign tempted aggravated mur- ing, she said. when they return to school
cides in two decades in the to help cover the victims' der and multiple firearms It appears to be the largest on Tuesday. Counselors will
town of 11,000 about 35 funeral expenses, said she charges and was being mass shooting in Utah since also be at the city library
miles (55 kilometers) west of had been in touch with a held at a youth detention 2007, when a shotgun- for anyone else in the com-
Salt Lake City. brother and a son of the in- facility pending an expect- wielding gunman killed five munity who needs to talk
"The biggest question ev- jured father. ed court appearance. people and himself at Trol- about the killings, Grants-
erybody has is 'why' and, "They don't have answers Officials said he is the only ley Square mall in Salt Lake ville Mayor Brent Marshall
while we may not be di- at this point and they may suspect. The person who City. Tooele County School said.q

Vatican orders sex

abuse investigation

of Brooklyn bishop

NEW YORK (AP) — The Vati- tigators to assist him in this
can has ordered an inves- matter," Zwilling said.
tigation of a sexual abuse Boston attorney Mitch-
allegation against Brooklyn ell Garabedian notified
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, church officials in Novem-
who was previously named ber that he was preparing
by Pope Francis to investi- a lawsuit on behalf of his
gate the church's response client, who alleges to have
to clergy sexual abuse in been repeatedly abused
Buffalo. by DiMarzio and a second
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of priest as an altar boy at St.
the Archdiocese of New Nicholas Church in Jersey
York received instructions City. DiMarzio denied the
on Jan. 7 to begin an in- allegation, telling The As-
vestigation of allegations sociated Press "I am con-
that DiMarzio molested a fident I will be fully vindi-
child while he was a parish cated." In October, Pope
priest in New Jersey in the Francis tapped DiMarzio
mid-1970s, according to a to investigate the Buffalo
statement released over Diocese, where Bishop
the weekend by Dolan's Richard Malone had come
spokesman Joseph Zwilling. under fire for his handling of
"As is our practice, the Car- a burgeoning clergy abuse
dinal will rely on outside scandal. Malone resigned
professional forensic inves- in December.q