HERRIMAN, Utah — A teenager was stabbed to death Wednesday afternoon in a Herriman neighborhood.
The incident happened in the area of Solo Street and Beckenbauer Avenue, located near Zions Bank Stadium and the Real Salt Lake Training Academy.
Herriman Police said they received a call around 12:30 p.m. about a fight with a weapon involved. When they arrived, they found a 16-year-old boy in the driver's seat of a vehicle with a stab wound to his chest. First responders attempted lifesaving measures, but the teen died at the scene.
Police are investigating the incident as a homicide. They don't know exactly what led to the stabbing, but said there was some sort of altercation. The fight reportedly happened in the street, and the victim ended up in the vehicle at some point. Officials said the victim did not live in the neighborhood.
As the investigation progressed, police said they identified four suspects involved in the incident. Two of them had been admitted to the hospital. The other two were apprehended after a SWAT team was sent to a Riverton home, where they surrounded the residence and called for those inside to come out. They brought in the SWAT team "because of the nature of what we were dealing with and some of the history of the persons involved," said Deputy Chief Cody Stromberg with the Herriman Police Department.
The four suspects included two women, one man and one boy. They have all been detained. Police have not yet identified which suspect stabbed the victim, but officials said all four were involved in the fight. They added that the suspects and the victim have a history, and this was not a random attack.
"It is tragic anytime somebody passes away like this, regardless of the circumstances it is a tragedy for the people who are involved, so we will do our best job to make sure we conduct a thorough investigation, that we answer all the questions, and make sure if there is accountability to be had that we hold those people accountable," Stromberg said.
Right now, Stromberg says no arrests have been made.
"Our investigators are actively talking with them, so right now we're calling them persons of interest," said Stromberg.
There was a Valley High School graduation happening nearby at the RSL Academy. Stromberg initially said the incident was not connected to this; however, he later gave an update that those involved were attending the ceremony.
Terrance Hansen lives just down the street from where this incident took place.
"I didn't hear anything, when my kids came home from work, they said that there had been a fight and they saw somebody that was bloodied up," said Hansen.
Hansen says he later learned how severe the incident was.
"There's going to be a lot of people really scared for a few weeks and then they'll probably calm down a little bit," said Hansen.
Having lived in the area for five years, Hansen says this incident is tragic.
"It's not something that I think we even had anything like this here at all." said Hansen.
Officials added that this was an isolated incident with no danger to the community.
Police have not yet released the names of the victim nor the suspects.
FOX 13 News has a crew at the scene. This article will be updated as more information is released.
