SALT LAKE CITY — A teenager is dead after a shooting early Saturday morning in Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City Police told FOX 13 News that just before 1:00 a.m., dispatchers received multiple calls about a shooting in the area of 500 South Post Street, just two blocks from the SLCPD Pioneer Precinct, prompting a response from patrol officers, members of the Pioneer Bike Squad, and detectives with the agency's Gang Unit.
Upon arrival, officers located one person, later identified as 17-year-old Bryan Galicia-Rodriguez, with multiple injuries including a gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, where he later died.
A preliminary investigation indicates that the perpetrator fired multiple rounds into Galicia-Rodriguez's car while he and a passenger were inside, heading north on Post Street. The suspect then fled the scene south on Post Street. The passenger was unharmed.
At the time of this report, police have not been able to locate the suspect or their vehicle. Detectives with the SLCPD Homicide Squad are leading the investigation with assistance from the SLCPD Gang and Auto Theft Units.
Anyone with any information about the incident, including surveillance camera footage, is asked to call 801-799-3000 and reference case number 22-176652.
