Two die in shooting in Salt Lake City church parking lot, several injured

Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting during an altercation outside a funeral at a church in the Utah capital of Salt Lake City, police said on Wednesday, as they launched a manhunt for suspects.



The latest mass shooting in the United States follows more than 400 last year, according to a tally by the Gun Violence Archive of incidents involving "a minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed", excluding shooters killed or injured.



The situation was still fluid after Wednesday's initial report of the incident in the parking lot outside a chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a police spokesperson said.



"Out in the parking lot, there was some sort of altercation and that's when shots were fired," Glen Mills told reporters, adding that a funeral service was being held in the church at the time.



Among at least eight adult victims, two died of their injuries, the police said, while three of the survivors were critical and the medical condition of the rest was not known.