KEARNS, Utah, Oct. 17, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — Unified Police officials have released the name of a robbery suspect critically injured in an officer-involved shooting in Kearns.
The man is James Lyle Keuhn, 61, of Kearns.
The incident began Wednesday afternoon with a reported armed robbery at the Fiesta Olé restaurant, at 4098 W. 5415 South. The suspect was armed with a knife.
Unified Police officers responded to the scene, and minutes later, they arrived at a residence near 4270 West 5700 South where the officer-involved shooting took place.
“Officers responded, detectives got involved,” Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera told reporters at the scene. “It was within 20 minutes that they came to this house. They believed they knew who the suspect was from their short investigation.
“They got here, there was a confrontation. There was a weapon involved. There was an officer-involved shooting.”
The suspect, since identified as Keuhn, was rushed to a nearby trauma center by ground ambulance.
The officers who were involved in the shooting were taken from the scene and were undergoing questioning, according to Rivera.
The Salt Lake City Police Department will head up the investigation due to the officer-involved shooting.
Gephardt Daily will have more on this breaking news story as information becomes available.
