Two Salt Lake police officers were legally justified in shooting and killing a man with military training during an intense shootout last year, the district attorney announced Friday.
SALT LAKE CITY — Two Salt Lake police officers were legally justified in killing a decorated war veteran who may have been suffering a mental health crisis when he carjacked a vehicle at gunpoint and later died in an intense shootout during which more than 80 shots were fired.
Gill said the incident ended in a "very tragic loss of life," and involved two "fine officers" and a man who had served four tours of duty and was in Utah seeking treatment from mental health services.On March 26, 2022, 911 dispatchers received multiple calls of "a man with a gun shooting and attempting to hijack cars in the middle of the 600 South I-15 off-ramp.
"At this point I can see this guy knows what he is doing, he's not just throwing rounds at us, and he's firing accurately," he said. "He was a great soldier and a great man," echoed Marc Cooper, Cieslak's commanding officer for many years. Like many, Cooper is devastated over what happened.Some who knew him stated he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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