'My heart and soul broken': Parents of 8-month-old boy fatally shot at Utah community festival grieve 'unimaginable loss'

‘My heart and soul broken’: Parents of 8-month-old boy fatally shot at Utah community festival grieve ‘unimaginable loss’


Anderson Garcia told KSTU-TV that taking his family to the local WestFest celebration Sunday night was not in his plans.

“I didn’t even know the fair was going to be there,” Garcia recounted to the station about the annual four-day event, which took place at Centennial Park in West Valley City, Utah. “I was going to the Walmart, and my baby started crying. … I looked to my right side, and I see the fair. All I wanted was for my babies to be happy there, to have fun.”

‘For three years, I struggled with infertility, and I was finally blessed with two boys. My baby was such a happy baby.’

Sunday was the final day of WestFest, which featured “food, fun, and festivities” such as music and

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