Man killed in officer-involved shooting in Sandy retirement community

Sandy City Police Sgt. Greg Moffitt speaks to the media following an officer-involved shooting Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Photo: Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner

SANDY, Utah, Dec. 1, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — A man is dead following an officer-involved shooting Friday afternoon at a Sandy retirement community.

The shooting involving a U.S. Marshal’s Office violent fugitive apprehension strike team occurred a little after 1 p.m. inside the Silver Pines Senior Community, 735 E. 11000 South, Sandy City Police Sgt. Greg Moffitt said.

The U.S. Marshal’s Office had received information on a wanted fugitive at the location, Moffitt said.

“While they were here to effect that arrest, some sequence of events that occurred … led to an officer-involved shooting,” he told Gephardt Daily.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.

The West Valley City Police Department is investigating the officer-involved shooting.

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

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