Overview
- Officers responded shortly after 9 a.m. to reports of a rock-wielding man assaulting someone near the Extra Mile gas station at 2100 South and 300 West.
- Deputy Chief Brandon Christiansen said the man threw a rock at arriving officers and at least one officer fired, striking him.
- An officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the encounter, according to police.
- The man was transported to a hospital and was pronounced dead either en route or after arrival, and he had not been identified by late morning.
- Officials said they did not know whether ICE personnel were in the area; several traffic lanes were closed and state public safety and local ICE offices did not immediately comment.