MIDVALE, Utah, Oct.28, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — Police say one man is dead following an overnight incident in Midvale that closed streets and kept schoolchildren home Friday morning.
The incident began just before 10 p.m. Thursday when police were informed of a suicidal man with a handgun sitting in his car near 150 W. Princeton Drive, Unified Police Sgt. Melody Cutler said.
“As officers approached, [the man] rammed the police car and took off,” Cutler told Gephardt Daily.
Officers pursued the vehicle for about 10 minutes, she said.
“During that time, we believe he was shooting at our officers,” Cutler said.
A Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter assisted with the search, but was unable to locate the vehicle, she said.
About 2 a.m., the vehicle was spotted near the area of the initial call to police, Cutler said.
Officers later found the man and made contact with him at his grandmother’s house near 8600 S. Monroe St., she said. The man’s grandmother and father came out of the house at the request of police, but the man refused, Cutler said.
SWAT and negotiations teams were called in to assist with the standoff, which ended about 10:15 a.m. when law enforcement found the man deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Cutler said.
The overnight police investigation created an impromptu remote-learning day for students at nearby Copperview Elementary School, 8449 Monroe St.
Canyons School District instructed parents to keep Copperview students home due to traffic restrictions on streets near the school.
“At the request of police, and for the safety of the school community, Copperview will have a remote-learning day today,” according to a district statement posted on social media Friday morning.
“Under this schedule, students will not be attending classes at the school today. They will be learning from home. Teachers will reach out to families with directions on how students will be learning for the day,” the statement continues.
