A man in Utah shot his entire family and then turned the gun on himself a couple of weeks after his wife filed for divorce.

Michael Haight, 42, is believed to have gunned down his wife, their five children, and his mother-in-law, as law enforcement found gunshot wounds on each victim.

Residents of Enoch, a small town located in Southern Utah, were shocked by the brutality of the crime. Like most of Utah, the town, one of the fastest growing areas in the US, is made up of large families belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, or the Mormon Church.

Rob Dotson, Enoch City Manager, said the family was well known in the area. Many community residents worshipped with them in church, and other children went to school with some of the now deceased kids.

On Wednesday night, Dotson said that the entire community was mourning the family, with many individuals feeling the loss and pain and having many questions.

Court records show that Haight’s wife, 40-year-old Tausha Haight, filed for divorce on December 21. Her lawyer, James Park, said that Haight was served with the divorce papers six days after the divorce was filed, on December 27.

Mayor Geoffrey Chestnut said that Mrs. Haight and other family members were last seen the night before the murders at a young women’s church group.

On Wednesday, January 4, someone reported to the police that Mrs. Haight had missed an appointment, so officers were dispatched to the family home to do a welfare check on Wednesday afternoon.

Police found all the victims and the alleged gunman inside the house. The victims included three girls and two boys between the ages of four and 17. Tausha Haight’s mother, 78-year-old Gail Earl, was also among the deceased.

According to a letter school officials sent to parents, all five children went to schools in the Iron County District. The letter announced the tragic loss to the school community, informing parents that eight members of an Enoch family had tragically died and that among them were five students in the school district.

The school district also said that it had put together a crisis intervention team and that counselors would be available in schools to help any student or parent that needs support.

Mrs. Haight’s lawyer, James Park, said that his client had not expressed any fear that her husband was a violent man and would hurt her physically. He said he only met her twice, with the most recent meeting being on Tuesday, and described her as an “incredibly nice lady.”

The Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, gave his condolences via a tweet on Wednesday night saying that his heart goes out to everyone affected by the senseless crime and urged people to pray for Enoch.

Haight and his wife were married for 20 years before the tragedy happened.