Salt Lake SWAT detective cleared in shooting during warrant service

  • Salt Lake County DA announced no charges for officer in April 3 shooting.
  • Detective Michael Darelli shot Lawrence Vigil during a SWAT operation in Salt Lake City.
  • Vigil, charged with multiple felonies, faces a preliminary hearing on July 6.

SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City police officer who shot and injured a man while a SWAT team was serving a search warrant will not be criminally charged, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced Friday.

Detective Michael Darelli shot Lawrence Lute Vigil, 37, shortly after midnight on April 3 near 49 South and 800 East.

The Salt Lake City Police Department’s SWAT team was “serving a high-risk search warrant. SWAT was brought in and the building was surrounded…

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