TAYLORSVILLE — A man who fled police was shot and killed by officers in Taylorsville early Saturday morning, police said.
Police were first called about 3:20 a.m. on the report of shots fired in the area of 6200 S. 3200 West. A vehicle was seen after the shooting leaving the area westbound, said Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray.
A few minutes later, officers saw a vehicle they described as “suspicious.” They followed, but the vehicle fled, Gray said.
The officers saw the vehicle again after it ran into a stop sign and stopped at about 6250 S. 3200 West. The driver, 28-year-old Bryan Pena, of Salt Lake City, got out of the vehicle and began running down the sidewalk, she said.
The officers followed as Pena went over a fence into a backyard at 6303 S. Stokewater, which is a vacant home.
Sometime during the incident, shots were fired, killing Pena, Gray said.
Information about how many officers fired their weapons and what led up to the shooting have not been released.
Police did not say whether Pena had been involved in the original call when shots were first fired.
Salt Lake City Police Department is handling the investigation of the shooting.