RIVERDALE, Utah — A man who was wanted for attempted homicide in Pleasant Grove was fatally shot by police in Weber County over the weekend.
William Toon, 28, from Highland, was shot at a Sinclair gas station on the corner of 700 West and Riverdale Road on Sunday afternoon.
The shooting stemmed from an attempted homicide that happened weeks earlier in a completely different county.
On December 10, Toon stabbed a victim "multiple times" with a pair of scissors in Pleasant Grove, officials said. The entire encounter was caught on camera, making Toon's involvement clear.
"The individual knew he was going to be arrested for this attempted homicide," said Ogden Police Chief Eric Young.
Toon was also wanted for a shooting in November where no one was hurt, near the same area as the stabbing.
"It wasn't until the stabbing that we had identified him as the shooter as well," Pleasant Grove Police Capt. Britt Smith said. "So we were able to connect the dots during the stabbing incident and we were able to identify him as a good suspect in that shooting case, so the entire month of December, we were trying to apprehend Mr. Toon."
For weeks, Toon's whereabouts were unknown and it's believed he left the state of Utah completely for some time after the homicide attempt.
On Friday, January 12, officials got word that Toon was back in Utah County at a residence in Highland. When trying to arrest him, he fled from officers, which led to a "long, high-speed chase," Young described. "They were not able to capture him at that time."
After alerting authorities across Utah, Weber County officials were notified Toon may be in their jurisdiction.
Officers tried again to arrest Toon at a home on Saturday, but he fled from police, leading to another "very high speed, dangerous chase," that ended in Kaysville, Young reported.
On Sunday, officials gathered again to determine how to apprehend Toon safely and successfully.
"During their efforts on Sunday, they ended up finding the vehicle Mr. Toon had been in with another individual driving it at a convenience store in Riverdale," Young explained.
The convenience store was a Sinclair gas station on the corner of 700 West and Riverdale Road.
Officers pinned the vehicle in the parking lot of the convenience store and secured the driver before going inside the store to arrest Toone.
Saying Toon would not cooperate, Young said, "Something took place inside the store that resulted in Mr. Toon being shot several times by three officers from the Ogden Police Department and one officer from the Pleasant Grove Police Department."
Toon was pronounced deceased at the scene.
"This is not what we wanted to have happened, but we react and we respond to the suspect's actions, and unfortunately, it led to this," Smith said.
The investigation was turned over to Weber County authorities and all officers involved were placed on administrative leave following the fatal shooting.
Toon had a history of charges in Utah including arson in 2019 for setting a car on fire in Utah County. He was first released from the Utah State Prison for those charges at the end of 2021 and was discharged from parole in mid-2023.
He was also on probation for two years between 2018 and 2020 in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
No gun was recovered at the scene and no body camera footage was publicly released by officials.
Young said it's unclear if the driver found in Toon's car will be charged with anything.
