Overview
- The footage shows 47-year-old Jose Hernandez pick up landscaping rocks, run across 300 West, and throw a rock at a pursuing officer who then fired, striking him.
- Hernandez was transported by responders to a hospital where he later died, and one officer was treated for a non-life-threatening injury.
- SLCPD published body-worn camera video and released audio from the initial 911 call tied to a report that a man had been attacked near 2100 South and 300 West.
- The officer who fired is on paid administrative leave, consistent with department policy pending the outcome of the review.
- Investigators have not confirmed whether Hernandez was connected to the reported assault, and a witness’s claim of a medical emergency contrasts with police stating dispatch received no such call.