Sheriff: Teen killed staffer while trying to leave ranch
SALT LAKE CITY — A teenager accused of killing a staff member at a youth treatment center and injuring another worker carried out the attacks because he wanted to leave the ranch, not because of a grudge against either person, a Utah sheriff said Wednesday.
The 17-year-old suspect from Arizona was checked in last week to the Turn-About Ranch in Escalante, Garfield County Sheriff James Perkins said.
The teen used a weapon to hit Jimmy Woolsey, 61, multiple times Tuesday, Perkins said.