Talovic Suprised

The father of the Salt Lake shooter has been suprised by the response of the largely Latter-day Saint (70%) community. The fruits of the gospel of Jesus Christ are compassion and peace.

"Also on Saturday, a Bosnian television station interviewed Suljo Talovic and Bisera Turkovic, Bosnia's ambassador to the United States. The grieving father told the TV station he planned to stay in Salt Lake City, adding that Utahns have been supportive of his family.

That support continued late Saturday morning when Salt Lake City residents Larry and Erika Johnson approached Talovic as he was standing in his front yard and handed him $200 cash.
"I want you to know I love you," Larry Johnson told Talovic. "You are the greatest victims in all of this."
Erika Johnson, an Austrian-Hungarian who was in Poland during World War II, said she witnessed atrocities by Nazis when she was a little girl and knows the scars war can leave.

Salt Lake City resident Kelly Patterson offered the Talovics a spot in his family burial ground for Talovic's son. Talovic declined the offer but expressed gratitude to Patterson, repeating a line he has said countless times to well-wishers and reporters since he learned his son was the Trolley Square shooter.

"I'm sorry for everyone," Suljo Talovic said in broken English. "I'm sorry for all the families."

Minutes later, David and Lana Mills stopped by the house and handed Talovic a card in a yellow envelope.
"I'm so sorry," David mills told Suljo Talovic. "I feel terrible about the situation. It's certainly not your fault."

Suljo Talovic said he was surprised by the sympathy Salt Lake City residents have offered him. He said he has received too many cards to count and about $1,000 in all, mostly from strangers.

"I am surprised," Talovic told The Tribune Saturday, speaking through an interpreter. "I would have thought when something like this happened that people would be the opposite - that they would be aggressive. But every single person is supportive."