WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, Aug. 17, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — Police have arrested a 14-year-old suspect in connection with the 24-year-old man found stabbed to death at a West Valley City park.
Officers responded at 5:45 a.m. Thursday to Scottsdale Park at 3755 W. 3100 South, where the man was found dead and appeared to have multiple stab wounds, West Valley City police said.
The man was dead prior to first responders’ arrival, police said.
About 6 p.m. Thursday, police said a 14-year-old was arrested and booked into juvenile detention.
“Investigators believe an argument between the victim and the suspect, who was at the park with multiple other people, resulted in an altercation during which the victim was stabbed,” WVCPD stated on social media.
No other information about the teen suspect or the victim was immediately released.
Gephardt Daily will update this story as more information becomes available.
