Taylorsville police officer shoots, kills man in suspected stolen car
Oct 10, 2024, 11:02 AM | Updated: 5:17 pm
FILE: Charges have been filed in connection with the murder of Jorge Llamas. (Jay Hancock/KSL TV)
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Editor’s note: Taylorsville Police have identified the man involved in a fatal officer-involved shooting as 28-year-old Henry Chavez.
TAYLORSVILLE — One man is dead following a police shooting in Salt Lake County Wednesday night.
The incident began about 10:15 p.m. when officers spotted a vehicle near 4500 South and 900 West that had been reported as stolen and had fled from officers in Salt Lake City, said Taylorsville Police Lt. Aaron Cheshire.
Cheshire said officers from Taylorsville and the Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter followed the vehicle. They reportedly did not engage in a chase. When the vehicle pulled into a parking lot near 3900 South and 300 West, police attempted to contact its occupants.
During the encounter, a Taylorsville police officer fired an undisclosed number of shots, hitting and killing a 27-year-old man inside the car, Cheshire said. Information about what prompted the officer to shoot was not released Thursday.
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