Police responded to reports of a stabbing in a local park. While bystanders and emergency workers were administering aid, a man allegedly approacehd the scene with a knife. Officers reportedly told the man to drop the knife, he did not and continued to approach the scene. Two officers shot the man, killing him.
Agency: Salt Lake City Police Department
Motive: stabbing
Confrontation Type: Violent Crime
Service Call: Yes
Body Camera: yes
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Name withheld by police
Death Date: June 10, 2021
County: Salt Lake
Geography: Urban
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Race: Unknown race
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: knife
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: not fleeing
Washington Post Database ID: 6927