Reported shooting shuts down southbound I-15 in Salt Lake City

Utah Highway Patrol shut down southbound Interstate 15 at Interstate 80 between 500 North and 600 South late Friday night , Dec. 22, 2017, after a report of a possible shooting on the freeway. Photo: Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 23, 2017 (Gephardt Daily) — Utah Highway Patrol shut down southbound Interstate 15 at Interstate 80 between 500 North and 600 South late Friday night after a report of a possible shooting on the freeway.

A man with a gunshot wound turned up at Intermountain Medical Center shortly after 10 p.m.

According to the police scanner, a woman who was with the man was taken into custody but managed to flee, and police are looking for her.

The freeway is expected to be closed into early Saturday morning, and drivers are being advised to use southbound Interstate 215.

Gephardt Daily will update this story as more information becomes available.

 

 

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