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LINDON — A 16-year-old boy is dead and another 16-year-old boy is in custody after a fight broke out Monday morning.
"Really tragic, really sad," said Nathan Jensen, whose home is near where the confrontation happened. "This is totally shocking for us. This isn't something that happens in this quaint little dead-end trail."
Lindon police said it was about 2 a.m. Monday when two groups met at the pavilion at Lindon View Murdock Canal Trailhead. A fight broke out and a 16-year-old ended up in the hospital where he died.
Lindon Police Chief Mike Brower said in a press conference that someone in one of the groups made contact with another family member, who alerted law enforcement and medical personnel.
"His injuries were the result of an altercation with other individuals," Brower told KSL-TV. "Can't disclose the mechanism of injury."
Brower said the boy who was killed and the boy who is in custody are not from Lindon and a gun was not used.
"Lindon is not known for violent crime," Brower said. "Our hearts go out to the family of this young man who is deceased because of this altercation. ... As a result of the group's meeting, a young man lost his life and there are people responsible for those actions. We are actively engaged in resolving this for the victim."
Investigators are still searching for more possible suspects and are asking for the public's help, requesting anyone with knowledge about the case to give police a call.
Meanwhile, neighbors try to make sense of what just happened in front of their houses.
"This isn't stuff you think you have to deal with," Jensen said.
Contributing: Arianne Brown
