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Shooting in North Logan was murder-suicide attempt, police say

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Channel: KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City · 2015 · News & Politics

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(KUTV) Authorities believe that what was initially reported as a car crash in North Logan late Saturday was actually an attempted murder-suicide, which left a 26-year-old woman dead and the suspected triggerman hospitalized with critical self-inflicted gunshot wounds, officials and news media said.Logan dispatchers said they received a call just before midnight about a vehicle crash with injuries near 1830 Canyon Ridge Dr. (2950 North) in North Logan.  When emergency personnel arrived, they discovered Amanda Lee Hoyt, 26, in the passenger seat, dead from gunshot wounds. The driver, Christian A. Emerson, 26, also sustained bullet wounds and was ultimately flown to a Salt Lake City hospital in critical condition.Authorities said it was quickly determined that none of the injuries were the result of a vehicle crash. And investigators believe Emerson, of Smithfield, first shot Hoyt and then himself.The circumstances of the shooting are being investigated, but police revealed that Hoyt, of North Logan, had been shot multiple times.The relationship between Emerson and Hoyt was not initially clear, although the Salt Lake Tribune reported Sunday that police said the two had been dating.The Tribune also reported that it appears as though the shooting began before the car, a white Subaru, had come to a complete stop. Authorities found the vehicle with its engine still running, parked on a sidewalk along Canyon Ridge Drive.Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the shooting and why it occurred inside the vehicle at that time. See Also: Utah police investigating alleged murder, attempted suicide (The Salt Lake Tribune)_____ Copyright 2015 Sinclair Broadcast Group

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