Overview
- Family members announced that Sha Reh died unexpectedly on Jan. 11 at his relatives’ home, according to a statement and a GoFundMe post.
- The death came shortly after he began his first semester at the University of Utah, where he had recently achieved his goal of starting college.
- His family described the cause as natural, and news reports noted no additional official medical details have been released.
- He was the only survivor of a December 2024 shooting that police say was carried out by his father, who killed his wife and three younger children before dying by suicide.
- Reh was found in the garage with a gunshot wound that left him blind, later learning Braille at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind, graduating from Granger High in 2025, and being widely mourned by educators and community members as a fundraiser seeks help for funeral costs.