Former Ohioan among those killed in spree



Five were killed in the attack.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Most were there to buy Valentine's Day gifts.
Mother and daughter, father and son, lovers. They were visiting a card shop and stopping for a bite to eat at Trolley Square.
The outcome, however, had nothing to do with bliss: Five people were gunned down at random and four others were injured.
"I can't believe this is happening," said Jenny Campbell of Harrison, Ohio, near Cincinnati, whose sister, Vanessa Quinn, 29, was killed.
"She was saying Salt Lake was the safest. ... She loved biking, running. She loved nature. She just loved Salt Lake," Campbell said of her sister, a Cincinnati native and a four-year letterwinner on the University of Cincinnati soccer team who moved to Salt Lake City about five years ago.
"She was beautiful, a really beautiful person," said Meridy Glenn, the university's women's soccer coach. "She played here with her sister. They were tight, they stuck up for each other. She had a very good four years."
Within minutes of the first emergency calls Monday night, Sulejman Talovic, 18, was cornered and killed by police.
Besides Quinn, the other dead were Jeffrey P. Walker, 52, Kirsten Hinkley, 15, Teresa Ellis, 29, and her boyfriend, Brad Frantz, 24.
"They just went to go Valentine's shopping and get a bite to eat," said Frantz's stepfather, Steve Wangerin. "He will be missed by many."
'Something nice'
Ellis' estranged husband, Nathan Ellis, described her as loving and witty. He said she was at the mall to buy "something nice" for her mother.
Walker and his son, Alan "A.J." Walker, 16, were shopping for gifts for women in the family.
Vickie Walker was called to University of Utah Hospital, where her son was in serious condition with a head wound. For hours, she didn't know that her husband had been killed. A family spokesman said she has called for forgiveness.
"Her statement to the family was, 'We can find no evil, no harm and no ill against this man,'" Mark McDougal said.
A.J. described the gunman as "a man in a costume." He is aware that his father was shot but on the advice of doctors won't be told of his death for a day or two, McDougal said.
Carolyn Tuft, 44, was in a card shop with her daughter, Kirsten, when the gunman entered. Tuft was in critical condition Tuesday night.
"We are saddened and shocked by the events of the previous evening. We are especially saddened by the loss of our sweet Kirsten," Tuft's brother-in-law, Robert Morgan, said.
Shawn Munns, 34, the first person shot by Talovic outside the mall, had just finished dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory with his wife and stepchildren.
Munns called his wife who had driven separately and was leaving the mall through a different exit. He warned her to get away, then staggered into the Hard Rock Cafe nearby and told people to lock the door and call 911.
"He's a hero. He's going to tell you he's not, but he is," a sister-in-law, Jodie Sparrow, said at LDS Hospital where Munns was in serious condition.
Stacy Hansen's family released a statement thanking the public for support. The 53-year-old man was in critical but stable condition.
"He is a fighter and we are optimistic that he will continue to improve over the weeks ahead," his family said.