The Police Officer in Salt Lake will not face the seemingly accidental shootings that hurt a man

A Lake City Police Officer was not legally justified when he shot and hurt a suspect when he seemed to accidentally shoot in a thick grass wall, the Lake Lake County District lawyer said on Friday – but the officer will not face criminal charges.

While a civilian would be susceptible to an offense of an accusation of a firearm if he had been unintentionally shot in the same circumstances, the Sim Gill district lawyer said on Friday that on Friday that Utah law exempts officers who work to be accused under this status.

Gill said prosecutors also considered a number of danger of crimes, but did not find evidence to support the accusation.

Thus, Gill said on Friday, while officer Mitchell Bailey was not legally justified – which means he did not believe that his fatal use was necessary to prevent serious injury to him or others – in dismissing his weapons last June, prosecutors did not accuse him of an offense for doing so.

Bailey remains employed at the Police Department of Salt Lake, said Brent Weisberg spokesman. He refused to answer additional questions about the case, including if I think Bailey followed the formation of the department that night, because of their current internal investigation.

In a statement, the head of the police, Brian Redd, said that “the emphasis of the department remains on learning and improving as a police department” and will examine the case in detail.

“We take every critical incident seriously involved in seriously to examine our policies, procedures and training,” said Redd. “Our priority is to make sure that our officers have the skills needed to respond safely and efficiently to situations with high risk, in rapid and provocative evolution.”

The wounded man, Bobby Joe Caster, was finally taken to the hospital for treatment for a “serious injury” on his finger. Has never been arrested or charged.

What happened?

Around 12:30, on June 29, 2024, Bailey and the colleague of the Lake City, Val Brown officer were sent to help the Utah’s Highway Patrol which were looking for an apparently stolen pickup they tried to pull earlier, according to The Finding Letter Gill sent to Redd and shared.

The driver fled, and the truck and a trailer attached, were soon abandoned on 700 South and 5600 West. The troops were looking for their occupants when they heard that they had shaken in the high grass nearby, it is shown in the letter. They called Salt Lake City police to help them with one of their K9 units.

Brown and his dog looked for about 9 minutes when K9 took him to a forest, where they found Caster. Brown shouted to him to show his hands.

Bailey was watching while his colleague disappeared into the grass, which was high enough to pour them both. Bailey wore a lightning light in his left hand and raised his weapon to the right, when he approached the dense grass. He pulled before his hands met to stabilize the weapon.

“Oh S —“, he shouted, Corpo Camera Movies Showas he held his gun trained on the grass in front of him. Beyond, Caster repeats: “He shot me.”

While the prosecutors watched the movie, Gill said that it seems that Bailey did not mean to shoot and “was taken by surprise” when the weapon went out. They do not know this for sure, in part, because Bailey refused to be interviewed for their investigation.

But Gill said that the evidence had his office – images and statements of the Camera Chamber from other officers – showed that Bailey had probably shot the unarmed caster.

For one, it does not seem possible from what other officers reported that Bailey was able to see Caster when he pulled. Also, there was no evidence to indicate that Caster had a weapon, Gill said.

Trooper James Auger told investigators, according to the letter, that he remembered the Lake City Salt officers who walk through the tall grass. He could not remember if he heard Brown shouting to show his hands first or if the blow came first, “but the next thing you know, there is a blow and we are exactly” what the hell? “

“And that’s how I throw (my lantern) and pull my weapon. I turn my light to my weapon and hurry directly, “said Auger. Once he passed through the grass, he found Caster on Earth saying, “He shot my hand,” Auger recalled.

Another man was detained that night, but was not reserved in prison.

Utah’s highway patrol did not surrender the case at Gill’s office for review. No one was accused in this case.

A spokesman for the patrol of the Utah highway did not respond immediately on Friday after -Mias at Salt Lake Tribune’s request for comments on the status of the case.