Salt Lake County prosecutors will not charge the Salt Lake City officers who killed a 38-year-old combat veteran in a March 2022 shootout after he carjacked someone’s vehicle and fired shots on I-15, the D.A.’s office announced Friday.
Officers point their guns at Matthew Cieslak, who was inside a vehicle authorities say he carjacked on March 26, 2022. Police and Cieslak exchanged gunfire, and the man died.Salt Lake County prosecutors will not charge the Salt Lake City officers who killed a 38-year-old combat veteran in a March 2022 shootout after he carjacked someone’s vehicle and fired a shot on Interstate 15, the district attorney’s office announced Friday.
“This is a tragic case that represents the need for more comprehensive and ongoing mental health resources and support for our military service members,” Brown said in a statement Friday. “My deepest condolences go out to Mr. Cieslak’s family.” At the news conference, Gill showed a witness’s cellphone video, which showed Cieslak confront the Hyundai’s driver and passenger on the interstate as other drivers stopped and tried to change directions.
Dominion Energy property. He kept driving on a dirt road, then turned on to an embankment, where the car became high-centered.body camera footage showsNicholas told investigators that he saw Cieslak point a gun and start firing as soon as Nicholas got out of the patrol car. “That was the first time having a gun pointed at my face,” he said. “I thought he was going to shoot me.”
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