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Shooting at KSL & Triad Center
January 14, 1999

Video Report on Shooting at KSL (From Eyewitness News Shortly After Incident Ended)

A heavily-armed woman walked into the KSL lobby about 3:15 Thursday afternoon, started firing, and before she was done, two people were injured. The most seriously injured victim died from her injuries eight days after the incident. (Friday, 1/22/99)

KSL Reports:

  • Suspect Appears In Court

  • AT&T Employee Dies

  • Anne Sleater Fund

  • Eyewitness Account from a KSL Employee

  • Weapon Purchased At Local Store

  • Background on Suspect

  • Was Suspect Schizophrenic?

  • Victims

  • Special Statement From Eyewitness News


    AP Report:

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) _ Anne Sleater, who was shot in her office above the KSL television and radio studios on Jan. 14, died Friday afternoon.

    The Salt Lake County District Attorney's office confirmed it will amend its charges against De-Kieu Duy to include capital murder and aggravated homicide.

    LDS Hospital spokesman Jess Gomez said Sleater died at 2:50 p.m. on Friday. She was never upgraded from critical condition during the eight days she survived after being shot in the head.

    Dick Shepherd, the director of the criminal division of the District Attorney's office, said his office will amend the charges against Duy on Monday.

    Duy, 24, went to the KSL studios at the Triad Center on Jan. 14 to try to get into KSL's newsroom, police said. After opening fire in KSL's lobby, prosecutors say she moved to the building's fourth floor and shot Sleater.

    AT&T employee Ben Porter told investigators he heard a gunshot and saw someone standing in the doorway of Sleater's office, according to court documents.

    The woman pointed the gun at Sleater and shot her in the head, he said. The woman then pointed the gun at Porter, but he wrestled the weapon away from her, ending the shooting spree, the charges state.

    KSL building manager Brent Wightman was shot twice but sustained only minor injuries. Prosecutors say Duy also shot at, and missed, two other employees.

    Duy believed a certain employee at KSL was harassing her and was trying to gain access to the newsroom to shoot the employee, police allege. The court documents did not indicate who the employee was.

    Duy has a history of mental problems and at times "hears voices," her mother, Khanh Duy, said last week. Duy also has a criminal record that includes disorderly conduct and interfering with an arrest.

    Her next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 28 before 3rd District Judge Stephen L. Henriod.

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