MILLCREEK, Utah, Jan. 19, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — There’s a reason people are advised to meet at their local police station if they want to buy, sell or exchange goods. Each station has an area where buyers and sellers can meet under the watchful eye of law enforcement without putting themselves at risk.
A man with a gun for sale found out the hard way Friday when he and a friend agreed to meet with someone who said he was interested in buying the weapon.
Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke told Gephardt Daily the seller and his friend showed up at Smith’s, at 845 E. 4500 South, about 7 p.m. and met with the buyer, who wanted to handle and examine the gun.
As soon as the seller was distracted, Lohrke said, the supposed buyer, still grasping the gun, jumped back into his car and proceeded to pull away.
As he did so, he clipped the seller’s friend with his car.
Lohrke said that’s when the seller’s friend “drew his own gun and shot at the bad guy.”
No one was injured, as far as police know, and the incident is still under investigation.
Lt. Lohrke said police are looking for a Polynesian man, 6 feet tall, weighing about 240 pounds. He was driving a silver 2005 or 2006 Chevrolet Impala.
Anyone who has any information about this incident is asked to call UPD at 801-743-7000.
