Man shot, killed by police after domestic violence situation in Taylorsville

Listen live at 5:45 p.m.: Hear from one neighbor who says she had a sniper on her roof overnight as the situation unfolded

 

TAYLORSVILLE — One man is dead following a police standoff and shooting in Taylorsville late Wednesday night.

Officers with the Taylorsville Police Department responded to the area of 5000 South and 3800 West for a domestic violence situation. Police say they arrived and found a man in his early 30s who was intoxicated and armed.

A woman and child who were both in the home were able to escape and were not harmed in the incident. After they left the home, the man began shooting inside the home and “from inside to outside the residence,” said Taylorsville Police Department Lt. Cheshire.

“As that was going on, they were attempting to call and negotiate with him and were not having success with that,” Cheshire said.

Police say at some point, the man exited the home and was shot and killed by police. No officers were injured in the incident.

An officer-involved critical incident protocol team from another Salt Lake County police department has been called in to investigate the shooting. Police have not identified the suspect.

A neighbor’s experience

Regina Bonnett lives only a few houses away from where the shots rang out.

Bonnett said her son was startled after hearing two, as she described them, “very big bangs” coming from outside. Her husband saw police outside, then they heard a sound coming from their roof.

“They had an officer call and tell me that it was a sniper…on the roof,” Bonnett said. “That was a bit scary, so we all went downstairs.”

She said after calling the police they were told to shelter in place for a time. They did so for a while.

“We thought it was okay to come upstairs, so we came upstairs, and then there were shots…so we went back downstairs,” Bonnett said.

She said she heard five shots total about an hour after hearing the second bang.

Bonnett said they stayed downstairs for roughly another hour, before calling dispatch and going to bed around 2 a.m.

This morning she, her son and her husband were all tired, but she said she was glad the situation was taken care of.

“It was a bit scary,” Bonnett said.

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Domestic violence resources

If you or someone you know is going through abuse, help is available.

• In an emergency, call 911.
• The Utah Domestic Violence Coalition operates a confidential statewide, 24-hour domestic abuse hotline at 1-800-897-LINK (5465).
• Resources are also available online at the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition website.
• YWCA Women in Jeopardy program: 801-537-8600
• Utah’s statewide child abuse and neglect hotline: 1-855-323-DCFS (3237)
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233