Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting and killing a 29-year-old woman outside a Salt Lake City nightclub early Sunday. The suspect told police he intended to fire a warning shot to stop a fight.
Nichole Olsen was at a the nightclub with her boyfriend when he argued with a group of people, including the 37-year-old suspect. The suspect was ejected from the club, and Olsen and her boyfriend remained until it closed.
At about 2 a.m., Olsen and her boyfriend “ran into” the suspect and his friends in a parking lot near 300 W. South Temple, according to police, and got into another argument that “turned into a physical fight” between Olsen’s boyfriend and the suspect’s friend. The 37-year-old man pulled a gun out of his waistband and fired, hitting Olsen once, and then drove away.
The Kane County Sheriff’s Office in Kanab — about 312 miles south of Salt Lake City — reported that the suspect turned himself in there on Monday. According to the sheriff’s office, the suspect said he “fired a single round from his gun to scare people off during the fight inside the parking lot.” The suspect has been booked into the Salt Lake County jail for investigation of murder. He is being held without bail.
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