Michael Mcfall/Salt Lake Tribune
Three months before Alexander Hung Tran shot and killed three people in his Salt Lake City home, he was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic.
This undated photo provided by Salt Lake County Jail shows Alexander Hung Tran. Police in Utah arrested Tran on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, for the fatal shooting of multiple people. AP
Tran, 32, was admitted to the University Neuropsychiatric Institute (UNI) on June 7 and released one month later.
On Sept. 18, Tran allegedly shot and killed Heidi Poike, 50, her 2-month-old granddaughter, Lyrik Poike, and 28-year-old Dakota Smith. The three were tenants of Tran’s home on the 600 North block of Sir Phillip Drive.
Tran is charged in 3rd District Court with three counts of aggravated murder, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. Tran is being held in the Salt Lake County Jail in lieu of $3 million cash-only bail. His next court date is a scheduling hearing on Jan. 25.
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