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(NSFW) Man Shot With Pepper Balls Draws Gun And Wounds Two Officers In Shootout
Published 2 years ago
The Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) released body-worn camera footage of an Officer-Involved shooting that occurred on December 1st, 2021, showing the moments SLCPD officers engaged in a standoff with an armed suspect, reportedly connected to a rape and robbery incident.
In the evening hours of December 1st, 2021, members of the operation located a person later identified as 20-year-old Anei Joker inside a vehicle traveling on 4100 South and 3600 West. Law enforcement followed the vehicle and observed the driver pull into the 7-Eleven located at 4110 South Redwood Road.
As shown in the body camera footage, Joker refused to comply with initial responding officers. In response, additional supporting officers were dispatched the area, where a perimeter around the gas station was established. After nearly two-hours of being non-compliant, officers attempted to use less-lethal 'pepper balls', discharged from a paintball gun, in a last-ditch effort to force Joker to exit the vehicle.
While officers discharged the less-lethal rounds into the SUV, multiple Law Enforcement Officers can be heard shouting, 'gun! gun! gun!'. Although it is not visible in the footage provided, official police reports have indicated Joker exited the SUV with a handgun in his right hand. Joker successfully discharged multiple rounds from his weapon, striking a detective and a Unified Police officer. In response, multiple officers discharged their weapons, striking Joker, and fatally wounding him.
The two officers who sustained gun inflicted wounds, were transported to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
