TAYLORSVILLE — Police Friday were searching for a person of interest as they in continued to investigate the killing of a Taylorsville man who was shot to death Thursday night.
About 10 p.m. Thursday, police found the body of Steven Norman, 29, in a home near 2200 West and 4400 South, said Taylorsville Police Sgt. Tracy Wyant. Norman appeared to have died from a gunshot wound to the head.
Neighbors said Norman and his family had moved into the home two months ago.
Friday morning, investigators were looking for Steven Lee Sanchez, 31, who has been identified as a person of interest in the case, Wyant said.
The two men had "some type of relationship," and witnesses in the area reported hearing a confrontation late Thursday, the sergeant said.
Police declined to say where the body was found or what the motive may have been.
At about 6 p.m. Friday, police and a SWAT team surrounded a home Sanchez owns at 2900 S. 8920 West in Magna. Sanchez's blue 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe was parked in the driveway. Police believe he may have used the vehicle as he left the scene of Thursday's shooting. Police know Sanchez was there as recently as last week because he was arrested for domestic violence at the address, said Unified Police Department Lt. Don Hutson.
Police surrounded the home and called the residents inside via telephone, asking them to come out and surrender. Hutson said seven people came out voluntarily, including three women, one teenaged boy, an adult male and two infants. The teenage boy is Sanchez's son, but Hutson said he was unsure of the other people's relation to Sanchez.
After checking the house twice, police concluded Sanchez was not there, Hutson said.
The occupants of the house were interviewed by police and said Sanchez was not at the house, but Hutson said police likely will continue to watch the residence.
Angel Rameriz, who described herself as one of the victim's best friends, said Norman's family is "devastated" by the shooting.
"He was a really nice guy," she said. "He was a really good friend to all of us. He was a good person. He didn't deserve this."
Wyant said there were four people in the Norman home at the time of the shooting, but Norman's wife and two young children were not present. Police were able to locate one of the men who had been in the house and interview him.
Neighbors said Norman worked installing stereo systems and was known for working on cars. For the most part, neighbors said Norman and his wife were friendly, but that they didn't know them well. One neighbor reported that Norman and his wife once dropped off a gift bag when they learned the neighbor's son was going to become a father.
But neighbor Lyn Walton said she and her husband were always suspicious of the number of cars that came to the Normans' home.
"I'm shocked," Walton said. "I never expected this, though we suspected something was going on in that house."
Contributing: Abigail Shaha
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