Police: Utah man apparently killed wife, 2 young kids, self
ROY, Utah (AP) — A Utah man apparently shot and killed his wife and two young children before turning the gun on himself on Father's Day, stunning neighbors on their quiet, suburban street who described the man Monday as a happy, doting father.
Police received a 911 call about an assault at the house in Roy — a city of about 38,000 people roughly 30 miles north of Salt Lake City — at 10 p.m. on Father's Day.
Shawna Smith worked at Busy Bee's Playhouse, a Roy child care facility, for nearly nine years, director Jennifer Lindstrom said.
Simpson described Russell Smith as a sweet man and doting father who loved the Atlanta Braves and umpired kids baseball games for a local league.
The Smiths had a large trampoline in their backyard covered in a safety net, and they flew an American flag on a pole in their tidy front yard.