EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah, June 23, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah County Sheriff‘s Office has announced that a man being served an arrest warrant for investigation of reported aggravated sexual assault was shot and killed Monday after he allegedly pointed a gun at law enforcement officers.
The UCSO Special Victims Unit “was made aware of an aggravated sexual assault that began during the night 06/22/25 and continued into the morning of 06/23/25,” says a news release issued Monday.
“The victim was treated for various injuries in a hospital in Northern Utah and notified local police. Those injuries included: strangulation injuries, internal injuries, and other injuries to the victim’s extremities.
“The suspect in the investigation is (was) being investigated for: multiple counts of aggravated assault, aggravated rape; aggravated kidnapping, and numerous other violent felony offenses.
“Due to the level of violence displayed by the suspect during this incident and crime scene being located at the suspect’s residence, a search warrant was obtained.”
Officers responded to the Eagle Mountain residence, the release says.
“With the aggravated circumstances of the incident, the Utah County SWAT Team was used to serve the warrant. As the SWAT team entered the residence, they encountered the armed suspect. The suspect was armed with a handgun.
“While being given orders to drop the firearm and surrender, the suspect refused to comply with the orders and pointed the firearm at uniformed SWAT team members. This resulted in lethal force being used.”
“SWAT team members began life saving measures and paramedics were called to the scene,” the UCSO statement says.
“The suspect was pronounced deceased on scene. No law enforcement officers were injured during the incident. The Utah County Critical Officer involved protocol team are investigating the incident.”
Protocol for officer-involved critical incidents includes involved officers being placed on paid administrative leave while the case is investigated by an outside agency. Involved officers are allowed to return to duty if and when their use of deadly force is determined to be justified.
Gephardt Daily will share additional details as they are released.
