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Police say one person injured in Salt Lake County shooting Saturday night
SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City police are investigating a shooting Saturday night. According to police, the shooting occurred in the area of 1612 W. Wright Circle. Police said one person was injured. That person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The investigation is ongoing. The...
Man arrested after violent West Valley hatchet killing, police say
WEST VALLEY CITY — Police say they arrested a man Friday in the investigation of a violent murder in West Valley City. Jeremy Ross Pulver, 46, was booked into Salt Lake County jail after dispatchers were alerted to the death of Pulver’s father, John Pulver, according to a booking affidavit. West Valley Police and first responders found the dead man, and spoke to the initial witness who made the call and said she saw Pulver as he was fleeing the scene.
Silver Alert issued for South Salt Lake man
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah, April 28, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Officials have issued a Silver Alert for a South Salt Lake man who reportedly climbed out of a window of a care facility and left on foot. Frank Edward Weinrauch, 71, is believed to have left at about 6...
‘Chaos agent’ Jan 6 rioter who captured Babbitt shooting sentenced to six years
A January 6 rioter who filmed himself storming the Capitol saying, “Let’s burn this s*** down” and captured the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday.John Earle Sullivan, 29, of Salt Lake City, Utah was convicted of five felonies and two misdemeanours in November for his actions at the Capitol. Federal prosecutors argued he intended to “incite violence” that day and used footage Sullivan took to support their case.The videos showed Sullivan and other rioters storming the Capitol building, breaking windows and unlawfully entering it. Throughout the footage, Sullivan can be heard...
2 arrested in cockfighting case that began with a teen at school with a gun
WEST JORDAN — Two men accused of engaging in game fowl fighting, commonly referred to as cockfighting, were arrested Thursday in West Jordan. And police say their monthslong investigation started because of a separate investigation where a teenager was removed from a high school for allegedly threatening to kill a teacher and was found on school property two months later with a gun.
Salt Lake gang 'shot caller' charged with killing 2, now linked to 4th shooting
SANDY — A Salt Lake man already charged with killing two people at a party in 2021 has now been connected to another shooting in Sandy two days earlier. Patrocinio Perez, 21, was charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with discharge of a firearm causing injury, a second-degree felony, plus aggravated assault and seven counts of shooting in the direction of someone, third-degree felonies.
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