WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — A home in the 3300 block of Enterado Avenue is where West Valley City Police revealed officers discovered a dead couple and where police ultimately shot the son who they say was responsible.
According to investigators officers responded to the home just after 5 pm on Wednesday when they discovered the bodies of a man and woman inside the home. Investigators said the officers also encountered the adult son of the couple who they suspect killed his parents.
The name of the victims in the case are 63-year-old Terri Bertelsen and 67-year-old Kerry Bertelsen. Their son, who was shot by police, was 35-year-old Erik Bertelsen.
Police have yet to release details, but in dealing with the son he was shot and killed by an officer who opened fire. A neighbor who did not want to go on camera told FOX 13 they heard police shouting "drop the knife.”
Thursday afternoon two sisters Chasity Ulibarri and Charlene Evans stopped by the home looking for the family -- having no idea what had happened.
“We came over here and then when we went downstairs where we usually enter, I was like 'something is wrong, Dude, something is wrong,'” said Ulibarri. “And so, we went around the back and went into the garage and kept yelling their names, but we didn’t get nothing until we came out to see you guys.”
Ulibarri also said she considered the husband and father her own father figure and had requested a welfare check at the home on December 29 and was informed by authorities that there was no reason for alarm, that everyone was Ok.
She did add that the son had mental issues and had been in prison and was out on parole.
