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Penisimani Halai
Gender : Male
Age : 41
Race : Native Pacific Islander
Date : 01/13/2023
Location : 500 North+Star Crest Drive
City : Salt Lake City
County : Salt Lake
State : Utah
Agency : Salt Lake City Police Department
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after failed traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Salt Lake City Police Department’s Gang Unit was investigating someone with a felony warrant and requested SLCPD patrol officers to help with a traffic stop. Officers claim they gave repeated orders to everyone in the car to exit. Body worn camera video recorded sounds of Halai reversing and hitting a parked car and fleeing. Police used spike strips. Halai continued driving. Halai then crashed head-on into an empty parked truck near 500 North Star Crest Drive. Halai got out and ran south towards a house. An officer deployed a taser and two other officers fired shots. Halai fled into a home through a ground-level window. A third SLCPD officer fired additional rounds prior to fully entering the home.Several officers entered the home through the window, front door and garage. Officers found Halai injured inside the home’s living quarters and found him and two people who were living in the home in the same room. Halai died on Saturday January 21, 2023.No officers were charged.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.slcpd.com/2023/01/21/slcpd-provides-update-to-officer-involved-critical-incident/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/01/13/salt-lake-city-police-shoot/
https://ksltv.com/517794/one-critically-injured-after-police-shooting-in-slc/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/02/01/salt-lake-city-police-fatally/
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/1/23/23567467/driver-shot-by-salt-lake-officers-has-died
