SALT LAKE CITY — One person was killed in an early morning shooting during a bicycle theft early Tuesday near East High School in Salt Lake City, police said.
The shooting happened at approximately 5 a.m. near 1300 East and 800 South.
The Salt Lake City Police Department said 23-year-old Shane Hagaman called 911 to report that a man stole his bike, and that he shot the suspected thief as he rode away. Hagaman said the man then got into the passenger side of a Toyota Tacoma that fled the area.
Investigators found a broken bike lock on a handrail outside Hagaman's home, where he lived on the second story.
Hospital employees later reported to police that a gunshot victim was dropped off in a Tacoma. The victim, 42-year-old Tyson Scott Babb, was pronounced dead at the hospital. He suffered one gunshot wound to his upper back.
Officials with the Salt Lake City School District had extra police in the area for a while, but classes at East High School operated as normal.
Hagaman was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder and ordered to be held without bail.
