SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Highway Patrol says a pregnant woman is dead and a shooting suspect is in custody following a multiple-vehicle collision in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night.
According to troopers, at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday they were called for the multiple-vehicle collision at the intersection of 8000 West and State Route 201. When they arrived on the scene they were cautioned about a driver of one vehicle, a Toyota Sequoia, that was the suspect of a shooting that happened prior to the collision.
The driver that troopers were cautioned about had fled the scene. A county-wide man-hunt was active until the suspect was apprehended at 10:52 p.m.
West Valley City Police say that the shooting happened at 8:40 p.m. at the Tuscany Cove Apartments. One 26-year-old man was treated for a gunshot wound to the leg.
Witnesses reported to investigators that the victim's brother had shot him following an argument. The suspect is 20-year-old Sasa Scott Hamilton. He has been arrested on felony discharge of a weapon and obstruction charges.
Hamilton also admitted to investigators, according to court documents, that following the crash he disassembled the gun he used in the shooting and discarded the parts in several different yards.
Another driver, who was pregnant, was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. She would later die at the hospital. Their name hasn't been released but we do know that the victim was 34 years old.
All other drivers involved in the collision had minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
Officials say the State Bureau of Investigation and Utah Highway Patrol are helping investigate the collision while the West Valley City Police Department is handling the shooting investigation.
