'Their lives were in danger' - No charges will be filed against two Utah Transit Authority officers, one of whom shot a man in September after he ran towards them with a knife.
Although no body camera footage was available from the incident, security camera footage from surrounding buildings as well as two testimonies from civilians who witnessed the entire exchange and an account from one of the officers involved painted a picture of what happened.
When the officers approached the men, they learned one man, Mark Leonard Lovato, had been chasing the other man with a knife. "Mr. Lovato did not comply," Gill said."Rather, Mr. Lovato turned towards the officers and waved his left arm in their direction while holding an object, presumably a knife, in his left hand."
"In that moment, Mr. Lovato charged at them with the knife, yelling and swinging around as the officers back-pedaled on the sidewalk," Gill said."Mr. Lovato quickly ran up to them with the knife and closed the distance.""Mr. Lovato fell to the ground, having reached within a few feet of the officers," Gill said.
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