“Suspect in custody,” says Grand County Sheriff of person of interest in Lowe’s homicide
Nov 3, 2023, 8:17 AM | Updated: 1:21 pm
Highway 191 was shut down due to a barricaded homicide suspect according to the Grand County Sheriff's Office. (Grand County Sheriff's Office)
(Grand County Sheriff's Office)
WEST BOUNTIFUL, Utah — The Grand County Sheriff’s office reports that Highway 191 has reopened and that a man who’d barricaded himself from officials throughout the morning on Friday is in custody.
Earlier, officials said a situation on Highway 191 south of Moab was related to a homicide discovered Friday morning in a Lowe’s parking lot in Bountiful.
On its Facebook page, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said the highway was closed due to a barricaded homicide suspect. They asked people to avoid the area.
West Bountiful police say that Jake Jackson is a person of interest in the homicide discovered Friday morning.
What police found in the Lowe’s parking lot
According to the West Bountiful Police Department, a man was shot and killed in a Lowe’s parking lot, at 350 North and 545 West on Friday morning.
They described the victim as a white man in his 50s.
West Bountiful Police Chief Brandon Erekson said the man was found in the parking lot around 5 a.m. He had multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene.
Police are treating his death as a homicide.
“We are still really early in the investigation and trying to gather information,” said Erekson.
Erekson said this is the first murder in West Bountiful this year.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
