Overview
- Officers responded to a 911 report of an assault near 2100 South and 300 West and contacted 47-year-old Jose Hernandez.
- Body-worn camera video shows Hernandez declining medical aid, gathering landscaping rocks, keeping one in his hand, and moving away despite commands.
- Hernandez ran across 300 West, turned and threw a rock at a pursuing officer, the officer fired, and Hernandez later died at a hospital.
- SLCPD reported that an officer sustained a non-life-threatening injury during the encounter.
- The firing officer is on paid administrative leave as West Jordan Police lead the investigation, and SLCPD released the 911 audio while noting witnesses’ medical-emergency claims were not reflected in dispatch calls.