SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 27, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — One person has been transported to an area hospital and the alleged shooter is cooperating with officers after a verbal argument turned physical Tuesday afternoon.
Salt Lake City police responded at 2:48 p.m. to reports that a man had been shot at Palmer Court, an apartment complex at 999 S. Main.
“What we have here, so far as we know, is a couple of people arguing,” Salt Lake City police officer Michelle Peterson told reporters at the scene. “It’s a verbal argument. It was taken outside into the parking lot. At that location, that’s where the other person was shot.”
The victim was transported by ambulance to an area hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, Peterson said.
Officers recovered a handgun at the scene that they believe was used in the shooting.
Police say three men were involved in an argument that started inside Palmer Court and continued outside the apartment complex. One of the men pulled a knife, another pulled a gun, and the man with the knife ended up shot “in the lower body,” according to a news release from SLCPD.
The third man left before police arrived but since has been identified, police said.
The shooter remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
