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Orem student death from self-inflicted gunshot deemed suicide, police say
The death of a teen from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at South Fork Park in Provo Canyon has been deemed a suicide, officials with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Thursday. The Alpine School District said students from Canyon View Junior High in Orem were on a field trip Wednesday in the canyon when the incident happened. “We are heartbroken as a school district at the passing of one of our students today, a 9th grader who went to Canyon View Junior High,” the district said in a statement Wednesday evening. “We offer deepest condolences to the student’s ...
