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Where'd They Get Their Guns?

An Analysis of the Firearms Used in High-Profile Shootings, 1963 to 2001

Date: January 13, 1999

Location: Triad Center office building, Salt Lake City, Utah

Alleged Shooter: Di-Kieu Duy

People Killed: One

People Injured: One

Firearm(s): 9mm pistol


Circumstances

Di-Kieu Duy stormed into a Salt Lake City office building claiming that someone in the KSL-TV newsroom was harassing her. However, she ended up on the fourth floor and allegedly shot an AT&T employee and the building manager. Duy had a history of schizophrenia and erratic behavior, as well as numerous misdemeanor arrests.


How Firearm(s) Acquired

The firearm used in the shooting was attained legally at a Taylorsville gun shop hours before the shooting. Despite being treated for schizophrenia through an outpatient mental health treatment program, and accumulating a criminal history that included stalking, disorderly conduct, interfering with an arrest, and illegally carrying a concealed weapon, Duy was not prohibited from buying a firearm. Her mental health treatment had not been involuntary and all of her arrests were misdemeanors, therefore Duy was not prohibited from purchasing a firearm.

 
  1. "Charges Filed Against Woman Accused in KSL Shooting," Associated Press, 20 January 1999.
  2. Ray Rivera, "S.L. Police Chief Calls for Tougher Gun Laws," The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 April 1999, sec. A, p. 4.

 

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The Violence Policy Center is a national non-profit educational foundation that conducts research on violence in America and works to develop violence-reduction policies and proposals. The Center examines the role of firearms in America, conducts research on firearms violence, and explores new ways to decrease firearm-related death and injury.