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Police ask public to help them identify persons of interest in Kearns shooting that left one dead, one wounded

(Photo courtesy Unified Police) Unified Police are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in a Wednesday shooting in Kearns.

(Photo courtesy Unified Police) Unified Police are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in a Wednesday shooting in Kearns.

Unified Police are asking for the public’s help to identify three persons of interest in a Kearns shooting that killed one man and seriously wounded another on Wednesday.

The department released photos of three individuals and two vehicles and asked that anyone with information call 801-743-7000.

Gunshots were reported at a home near 4800 South and 4700 West about 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Police arrived to find one man dead on the ground outside the home; a local emergency clinic reported a second man who suffered a gunshot wound at the home had come in for treatment.

Police identified the man who was killed at the home as John Herman Tonga, 34.

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