Kearns — Two people died Tuesday night in Kearns in what police said was a drive-by shooting followed by a car crash.
The shooting and crash happened about 7:30 p.m. near 5240 W. 5400 South. Unified Police Department Lt. Brian Lohrke said a blue truck hit a white car, killing two people inside the car.
One person in the truck was injured in the crash. Lohrke said police are trying to find one other person who fled the truck on foot. That person was identified only as wearing a red hoodie.
Police officers with dogs were searching the neighborhood for that suspect.
BREAKING: officers with canine units search for man involved in shooting that lead to crash and death of two people. pic.twitter.com/57GskfqbJA
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Lohrke said the shooting was suspected to be gang related. Names of the dead and injured were not disclosed Tuesday night. Lohrke said the gunshot victim is a teenager.
Photographs tweeted by witnesses showed a blue pickup sitting upside down in a yard at the corner of 5240 W. 5400 South. A few feet away, a small white car — apparently the one the truck struck — sat at an odd angle against a garage door.
Neighbors Melissa Ugas and Debi Stevenson said they heard gunshots near the same intersection Monday night. They didn’t hear the gunfire Tuesday, but heard the car crash, they said.
The spurt of violence is unusual for their neighborhood.
“Most of the time we’re fine,” Stevenson said.
(Photo courtesy of Unified Police Department) A truck sits upside down Sept. 19, 2017, in Kearns following a drive-by shooting and a crash. A Unified Police Department spokesman says occupants of the truck fired on a group then struck a car.
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