According to statistics, there were 95 homicides in Utah during 2021. That’s the second-highest total ever in the state behind 2020’s 103 killings. Statistics show 71 of the 95 homicide victims 75% died as a result of gunfire.
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SALT LAKE CITY A spike in violent crime across the nation has caught the attention of President Joe Biden s office.
Biden recently announced a five-part plan to curb the rise in violence in the U.S., particularly gun violence.
In Utah, the number of homicides during the first six months of the year is on pace to match a record the state set last year in 2020. There were 103 homicides in Utah during 2020 a single-year record for Utah according to statistics kept by KSL.com.
During the first six months of 2021, there were 40 homicides plus five fatal officer-involved shootings, according to KSL.com statistics. That s compared to 45 homicides and four fatal police shootings during the same time period last year.
Did I kill anybody? Driver in fatal wrong-way crash did it on purpose
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MURRAY, Utah â The man who
Justin Wayne Robertson was charged with murder Friday for the death of Gwen Doner,
In newly-released court documents, Robertson told police after the crash that he did it on purpose because I wanted to end my life.
Robertson admitted to having smoked methamphetamine before the incident, which began with him ramming a parked Utah Highway Patrol vehicle in Cottonwood Heights. Police say Robertson claimed to have hit the vehicle to start something due to being mad at his life.
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SALT LAKE CITY A Cottonwood Heights man accused of causing a head-on crash that killed a 19-year-old woman said he was trying to end his own life by purposely driving the wrong way on the freeway, according to prosecutors.
Justin Wayne Robertson, 35, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with murder, a first-degree felony, for the death of Gwendolyn Doner on April 19. He was also charged with 11 other crimes.
On April 19, Robertson entered I-215 at 6200 South in his Chevy Avalanche going the wrong way. At the interchange from I-215 to southbound I-15 in Murray, after already driving the wrong way for approximately six miles, he hit Doner s Ford Taurus head-on, according to charging documents.