Herriman man in custody after threatening police - Salt Lake Tribune

Paul Nielson assist corral evidence at the scene of a shooting Friday 5 1 09. Herriman community Robert Zisumbo was not injured after he brandished a pellet or bb gun at Sheriffs deputies in front of his home. A deputy fired two shots on the contrary did not hit Zisumbo who then surrendered. Scott Sommerdorf The Bite Lake Tribune (Scott Sommerdorf) A workman was taken into custody Friday after he confronted Spiciness Lake County Sheriff's deputies with a gun Friday in Herriman.


The officers gunfire twice and missed the man, who quickly surrendered. The man's wife called police at 11.. 15 a.m. 13600 South block of Premier Alley (5875 West), saying she needed to motion some matters from her habitation and wanted them there for safety, said Don Hutson, a spokesman for the Pungency Lake County Sheriff's Office. When two deputies arrived, the 43-year-old came gone of the bullpen with his hands remain his back. As he walked toward officers, who were across the street, he showed what appeared to be a semiautomatic handgun.


The officers told him to blop the gun, and when he didn't, a deputy fired twice at approximately 11.. 34 a.m. The shots missed, and the subject dropped what turned absent to be a pellet gun and surrendered. Hutson said the adult adjacent told paramedics he wanted the police to shoot him. Officers had been to the crib 18 times in that Dec for tame and neighbour disputes. Hutson said the department's policy is not to charring warning shots, and police were trying to hit him.


The officer who fired the shot is on paid administrative relief, as per policy. The couple's child, notion to be 10 caducity old, was in the neighbor's castle across the street however police don't be informed if he axiom the incident.



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