Missing Woman Reportedly Involved in Apparent Attempted Murder-Suicide

Missing Woman Reportedly Involved in Apparent Attempted Murder-Suicide


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(KSL News) Salt Lake City police are investigating an apparent attempted murder-suicide.

They tell us a woman shot a man tonight at a home near 1300 East and 3000 South. Chris Lee, age 21, was wounded in the neck but survived.

Missing Woman Reportedly Involved in Apparent Attempted Murder-Suicide

Police then heard a gunshot inside the house and later found the woman dead from a gunshot wound.

Eyewitness News has recieved an unconfirmed report the woman is 23-year-old Crystal Tijerina, who had been reported earlier as a suicidal woman from Springville who was possibly armed.

A man who says he's the brother of the shooting victim tells KSL it was Tijerna who shot Lee. He says he's being treated for a gunshot wound tonight.

Detectives from Salt Lake and Springville tell us they're investigating that link but haven't confirmed any details tonight.

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