A memorial service turned into a killing ground. Sirens drowned out hymns. Families ran from the very steps where they had come to say goodbye. Two people dead. Six more bleeding on the pavement outside a Salt Lake City Latter-day Saint meetinghouse. They had gathered to mourn one loss and left carrying many more. Outside the Rose Park 5th Ward meetinghouse, grief-stricken families were suddenly thrown into a nightmare of gunfire, screams and flashing lights. Leaders in Utah’s Pacific Islander community rushed to the scene, fielding frantic calls, trying to learn which loved ones were alive, which were hurt, and...
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