Police didn’t present additional particulars about what led as much as the capturing.
(Kolbie Peterson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Investigators focus on a Salt Lake Metropolis police capturing that occurred at about 900 East and 1700 South on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
Two Salt Lake Metropolis law enforcement officials shot and injured a person Tuesday in Sugar Home after a cell disaster outreach staff known as for police backup, a police spokesperson stated on the scene.
The capturing occurred round 11:30 a.m. close to 900 East and 1700 South, after police stated the cell disaster outreach staff with the Huntsman Psychological Well being Institute was already within the space and known as Salt Lake Metropolis police for backup, the police spokesperson stated.
Cell disaster outreach groups present assist to people who find themselves experiencing a psychological well being disaster, police stated. It was unclear as of Tuesday afternoon why the outreach staff was initially within the space, or why they requested police backup.
(Kolbie Peterson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Detective Michelle Peterson provides an replace to media a couple of capturing that occurred in Salt Lake Metropolis on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
After police arrived to the world, two officers shot the person, the spokesperson stated. Police didn’t specify the place precisely the capturing occurred, whether or not the person was armed, and if that’s the case, whether or not the person returned fireplace on the officers. No officers had been injured within the capturing.
It’s additionally unclear whether or not the person shot by police was associated to why the cell disaster outreach staff had initially been deployed to the world. Police didn’t present extra info, and didn’t share extra particulars about what led to the capturing.
After the capturing, responding officers together with Salt Lake Metropolis Fireplace Division personnel supplied first assist to the person earlier than he was taken to an area hospital. Police stated he suffered serious injuries. He was not recognized as of Tuesday afternoon.
The 2 Salt Lake Metropolis officers who opened fireplace have been positioned on administrative go away in accordance with customary process, the police spokesperson stated.
Based on the Huntsman Psychological Well being Institute, when a name is available in to the Utah Disaster Line, which might lead to a cell outreach staff deploying, “thorough” threat assessments are performed over the cellphone to find out whether or not it will be secure for a staff to reply, Rachel Lucynski, the institute’s director of group disaster companies, stated.
“It’s an outlier when regulation enforcement assist and backup is requested, but it surely does occur …” Lucynski stated. “Usually talking, our [mobile crisis outreach team] workers will name regulation enforcement for backup or on-site assist if a threat evaluation determines that there could possibly be a possible security menace for our workers.”
Lucynski didn’t present extra particulars in regards to the nature of the decision Tuesday that later resulted in a police capturing.
This marked the sixteenth police capturing in Utah to date this yr, in line with a database maintained by The Salt Lake Tribune.
(Kolbie Peterson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Police autos encompass the scene of a capturing at about 900 East and 1700 South on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
