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Utah approaches record high in police-involved shootings

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A Salt Lake City police-involved shooting this week marks the 30th incident of its kind statewide in 2020 – one of the highest totals in Utah in recent years, according to a report.

Agents from Utah’s State Bureau of Investigation shot at a drug suspect around 3 p.m.Thursday in the Rose Park neighborhood of Salt Lake City.

Hours earlier, they saw him involved in "alleged narcotic activity" and realized he had multiple outstanding warrants, the state’s Department of Public Safety said in a press release.

Later, after spotting the suspect in his Mercedes SUV, agents followed him until "some type of exchange occurred" prompting officers to shoot at him, police said.

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