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Police have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting three people, including an infant, in a Salt Lake City house where he lived in the basement. Alexander Hung Tran, 32, was booked into jail early on Saturday morning on three counts of aggravated murder.
Alexander Hung Tran was found with a gun inside a home with three dead people, including a 2-month old baby girl. (Photo courtesy of Salt Lake City PD)
Police identified the three victims as 2-month-old Lyrik Poike, Heike Poike, 50, and Dakota Smith, 28. Tran lived in the basement while Poike rented the upper level of the home. It was unclear if Tran owned or leased the property.
Officers went to the house after Poike failed to pick up her 8-year-old grandson from school. An officer looked in a window and saw what appeared to be a body covered with a tarp while another officer found the back door open, Chipping said.
Officers went inside, found Tran with a gun, and took him into custody without encountering resistance. They then discovered the three bodies.
million bond, according to jail records. The records did not indicate whether Tran had a lawyer.
