BREAKING NEWS Quiet Utah neighborhood evacuated as SWAT teams standoff with gunman 'who murdered his wife'
A quiet Utah neighborhood was dramatically evacuated as SWAT teams descended on a man wearing a bomb vest after he allegedly told cops he murdered his wife in a shooting, police said.
A 45-year-old unidentified man opened fire on authorities in Hyrum - a little more than an hour from Salt Lake City - around 7.15am Sunday.
Police then returned fire as the situation quickly turned into a stand.
The Cache County Sheriff's office warned residents to 'stay completely away' from the area.
Authorities also said neighborhoods are being evacuated.
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