A Saratoga Springs officer was justified when he fatally shot a man who ran at him with the officer’s own Taser, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill ruled Tuesday.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill reviews body camera footage from a fatal December police shooting during a news conference on June 27, 2023.who ran at him with the officer’s own Taser, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill ruled Tuesday.
Officers then headed to a police station to retrieve a form for the boy to fill out. But at about 12:37 p.m., dispatch notified the officers that Villatoro had come back to the complex and was speaking with the apartment manager, according to the letter.they tried to arrest Villatoro outside of the complex’s clubhouse, the letter states.
As Villatoro entered his apartment, Carter attempted to “drive-stun” Villatoro by making direct contact with his Taser. But the Taser, which he “somehow let go of,” fell into the apartment, the letter states. The entire confrontation, from when officers attempted to arrest Villatoro to when the man was shot, lasted less than a minute, Gill said Tuesday.Once shot, Villatoro dropped the Taser, then collapsed. Officers placed him in handcuffs. Despite life-saving efforts, he died at the scene.
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