By Associated Press - Tuesday, August 6, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Salt Lake City police say a man is dead after being shot during an encounter with police officers responding to a 911 hang-up call.

Police said the officers fired their weapons but that additional details on what happened during the incident Monday evening at an apartment complex weren’t immediately available.

The dead person’s identity was not released.



Police Sgt. Keith Horrocks said witnesses were being interviewed and that any police body-cam footage that exists will be released within 10 days.

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