SALT LAKE CITY — A man is in the hospital after being shot by police officers in downtown Salt Lake City Monday night.
SLC Police said they were called to the area near 400 South and 600 East around 8:20 p.m. on reports of a person displaying "psychotic, violent behavior." He was allegedly running into traffic, hitting cars and their windshields.
When officers arrived, they said they told the man to sit down, but he refused. He allegedly tried to run away, then encountered other officers and brandished a knife. Officers deployed a taser, but it was not effective.
The man continued to run away and continued to brandish the knife despite being told to drop it, according to police. Two officers fired shots, and the suspect was hit and injured. He was taken to the hospital in serious condition, but he is expected to survive.
Nobody else was injured. However, SLCPD said Tuesday that a bystander's car was possibly hit by a bullet, and they are working to determine what happened.
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