SALT LAKE CITY — A suspect was taken into custody after a shooting in Salt Lake City's Ballpark neighborhood left one person injured Tuesday afternoon.
Salt Lake City Police said the incident happened at 999 S. Main Street and may have happened out of self-defense.
One person suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Further details on the identity of the individual and the extent of their injuries were not made available.
The incident started as an argument involving three men at a nearby the Palmer Court apartment complex, police said. The verbal argument moved outside and one man pulled out a knife.
After a knife was pulled out, the suspect allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the man with the knife in the lower body.
The man who was shot is expected to recover.
Police confirmed one man was taken into custody in relation to the incident and they are being cooperative with the investigation. A handgun was recovered from the scene as evidence in the case.
Officials are investigating if the shooting happened out of self-defense and what exactly led up to the incident.
"Detectives will work with the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office to determine whether the shooting was a lawful act of self-defense," police said in a release.
The relationship between the three men was not made available.
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