ST. GEORGE, Utah — The close-knit Latter-day Saint community in Utah has felt a kinship with those who lost their lives and were injured in Sunday's shooting at a Michigan chapel . For some, there are personal connections that have left many shaken.

Rick Person, an Alpine resident and former scoutmaster in the Grand Blanc Ward, described the devastating scene he saw in photos.

"I looked at the pictures of the damage. It was a big stake center, and that whole stake center, the whole dang building was on fire," Person said. "The entire stake center was just one bonfire. The whole thing was on fire."

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FOX 13 News talked with several Utahns who either used to b

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