Death by Cop 2022-2024
Search fatalities
You can use any or all of the fields to refine the search.
Joseph Potts
Gender : Male
Age : 34
Race : White
Date : 10/05/2023
Location : 5000 South+ 3800 West
City : Taylorsville
County : Salt Lake
State : Utah
Agency : Taylorsville PD
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed during domestic violence call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Taylorsville police were called to a domestic violence situation. A woman and infant escaped but the husband, Joseph Potts, was still inside of the house. Police brought SWAT and began bearing down on Potts who fired shots from inside of the house at police. Police shot and killed him.
