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 shots 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.” Dominion Energy property. He kept driving on a dirt road, then turned on to an embankment, where the car became high-centered.
Cieslack went down after 43 seconds and several volleys of gunfire. Nicholas fired more than 50 rounds, Gill wrote, and Rivera fired at least 26. Cieslak fired at least eight rounds.The carjacking victim had told a 911 dispatcher, according to call audio, that he was “definitely shaken up.”
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