In a moment that starkly contrasted the solemn gathering within, Vaea Tulikihihifo Jr., a 46-year-old Pacific Islander man, was fatally shot on the evening of January 7, 2026. He had been attending a memorial service at a Rose Park meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. His death was a senseless act of violence that cut short the life of a beloved husband and father.
Inside the service, his wife, Nani, had noticed their five-month-old chil
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