OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The family of Jovany Mercado of Ogden held a vigil recently to mark the one-year anniversary of when he was shot and killed by police outside his parents’ home. Police say Mercado disregarded their commands to drop a knife in his hand as he walked toward […]
ROY, Utah (AP) — One man died overnight and another is in custody after Roy, Utah, police say they became involved in a shootout that also injured a police dog. The incident began about 2 a.m. Saturday. That’s according to a Roy City Police Department news release. A Roy City […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a slain officer was doing a job he loved in his hometown of Ogden, Utah, when he was shot and killed during a domestic violence call. Fellow officers said Friday that Nathan Lyday was born in Ogden, went to school there and worked […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was killed and another officer injured in a shootout with man whose wife called police to report he had threatened to kill her. Ogden Police Chief Randy Watt said Thursday the gunman was also killed when officers returned fire. Children […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man was shot and killed by a Salt Lake City police officer who responded to a report of a group being threatened by two people with a gun. Salt Lake Police Sgt. Keith Horrocks says officers were dispatched at about 2 a.m. Saturday. When […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A prosecutor has concluded that four Ogden police officers were justified in shooting and killing a man last August. Weber County Attorney Chris Allred cleared the officers of wrongdoing for shooting 26-year-old Jovany Mercado, of Ogden, who died at the scene. The Ogden Standard-Examiner reports it […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A suspected parole fugitive is dead after being shot by law enforcement officers trying to arrest him in Salt Lake City. A police dog was also killed during the operation early Friday. The U.S. Marshals Service says a team of officers from several agencies used […]
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — A 31-year-old police officer in a Salt Lake City suburb was killed when he was intentionally struck by a car carrying fleeing burglary suspects, police said. The driver of the car was shot and killed by police and an accomplice was arrested. South Salt […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — Layton police say an officer shot and wounded a man who fired gunshots several times at a home during a three-hour standoff that ended early Saturday morning. Lt. Travis Lyman says no one else was injured and that the 44-year-old man is expected to survive his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man killed in a police shooting in suburban Salt Lake City had previous run-ins with law enforcement and claimed to have mental illness, prompting concerns Friday from a Black Lives Matter activist that police acted too aggressively. Officials with the Salt Lake City and […]
