Salt Lake City police fired at least 135 bullets over 18 months in 2022 and 2023, more than half during a single shootout with a man who had carjacked a vehicle at gunpoint.
Salt Lake police officers fired more than 135 rounds from their guns on duty over an 18-month period. Police shot injured deer. Police were involved in shootouts with suspects. Learn more.
Salt Lake police officers fired more than 135 rounds from their guns on duty over an 18-month period. Police shot injured deer. Police were involved in shootouts with suspects. Learn more.
Two Salt Lake police officers were found to be legally justified in shooting a man who pointed a shotgun at the officers after threatening to shoot firefighters.
After the police shooting, authorities found over 100 rounds of ammunition littered across the floor of the man’s home. "It could have gotten really out of control very quickly,” Salt Lake County D.A. Sim Gill said.