Salt Lake Tribune · Nov 5, 2017
Utah leaders react to mass shooting at Texas church
(Nick Wagner | Austin American-Statesman via AP) Carrie Matula embraces a woman after a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. Matula said she heard the shooting from the gas station where she works a block away.As news broke of a mass shooting at a south Texas church on Sunday, the nation’s leaders to social media to show their support and thoughts on the gun violence in America. While Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the incident an “evil act,” President Donald Trump tweeted “May God be w/ the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI & law enforcement are on the scene. I am monitoring the situation from Japan.”