Salt Lake police examine a capturing close to 1600 West and 500 South in Salt Lake Metropolis on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. A feminine juvenile died within the capturing, in response to police. Laura Seitz, Deseret Information
Salt Lake police examine a capturing close to 1600 West and 500 South in Salt Lake Metropolis on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. A feminine juvenile died within the capturing, in response to police. Laura Seitz, Deseret Information
A teenage woman was shot and killed Wednesday by her teen brother, police stated.
Salt Lake police acquired a name at 12:04 p.m. a few capturing within the 1600 West block of Wright Circle (505 South) within the Poplar Grove neighborhood and realized that a teenage woman had been shot inside a house and was critically injured.
Lifesaving efforts have been tried by officers and paramedics however the woman was pronounced useless on the scene, police stated in a press release.
Police say the shooter, her brother, had left the home earlier than officers arrived.
Officers, together with members of the division's Police Group Response Crew, started trying to find the boy. An individual matching his description was seen boarding a Utah Transit Authority bus and the teenager was subsequently arrested on a bus close to 1455 West and 400 South.
"The circumstances main as much as the capturing stay underneath investigation," the assertion stated.
Salt Lake police haven't recognized the sister or the brother. She has solely been recognized as a "teenage woman" and he has solely been recognized as being "underneath the age of 18." He was anticipated to be booked into the Salt Lake County Juvenile Detention Middle.
Police stated the gun used within the capturing was recovered, however they offered no details about the way it was recovered.
Edison Elementary and Parkview Elementary faculties went into a brief "lockout" protocol whereas police initially investigated the incident, that means faculty continued as regular however nobody was allowed in or out of the buildings for some time.
Salt Lake police examine a capturing close to 1600 West and 500 South in Salt Lake Metropolis on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. A feminine juvenile died within the capturing, in response to police.
Laura Seitz, Deseret Information