A man accused of carjacking someone’s vehicle on Interstate 15 last month had a gun in his hand when he ran at responding officers before they shot and killed him, body camera footage released Thursday shows.
Officers point their guns at a man inside a stolen car on March 26, 2022. Police and the man, identified as Matthew Cieslak, exchanged gunfire during the shooting. Cieslak died; no others were injured, police said.
A few minutes later, Salt Lake City police found the sedan near 200 South and 400 West and started chasing it. Soon after, SLCPD officers reported that the car had crashed near 220 S. Orange St., in an industrial area west of downtown near Salt Lake City International Airport. Cieslack is obscured in most of the footage, because he’s either inside the stolen car or because police are taking cover behind their patrol vehicle during the shootout.. Police said both Cieslack and the officers opened fire.appears to pick up the sound of more than 40 shots fired in the 40 seconds between officers getting out of their car and Cieslack falling to the ground after the last shots were fired.No one else was physically injured, police said.
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