Two South Salt Lake police officers were justified when they fatally shot a man in September, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced Friday, but body camera footage his office presented Friday didn’t clearly capture the shooting.
A man was killed and an officer was wounded in a shootout in South Salt Lake late Sept. 26, 2022. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced on April 21, 2023, that the officers who opened fire were justified., Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced Friday, but body camera footage his office presented Friday didn’t clearly capture the shooting.at about 11:10 p.m. to report that he had accidentally fired a gun and believed he may have shot into his neighbors’ home.
When officers arrived in the area near 450 East Stephie Marie Lane in South Salt Lake, one of them called Muir and asked him to come outside, but Muir refused, Gill’s letter states. As Anderson stopped the car near the man, later confirmed to be Muir, he appeared to be bent over. Anderson told Ruth to get out and go around the side of the vehicle. When Ruth did, Ruth yelled commands of “Hands, hands, hands!” as Anderson also got out of the car and unholstered his handgun, the letter states.
Muir was later pronounced dead at the scene, and Anderson was grazed by a bullet on the side of his head. No one else was injured.Body camera footage was presented Friday from Ruth and two other responding officers, but none was shown from Anderson’s perspective. A knife, a bottle of vodka, a pistol, a scope and magazines, as well as boxes of ammo, were also recovered from Muir’s backpack, documents state. The Utah Medical Examiner’s office found Muir had a blood alcohol content of 0.129, over double the legal limit, according to Gill’s letter.
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