Utah Highway Patrol says a pregnant woman is dead and a shooting suspect is in custody following a multiple-vehicle collision in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night.
According to troopers, at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday they were called for the multiple-vehicle collision at the intersection of 8000 West and State Route 201. When they arrived on the scene they were cautioned about a driver of one vehicle, a Toyota Sequoia, that was the suspect of a shooting that happened prior to the collision.
The driver that troopers were cautioned about had fled the scene. A county-wide man-hunt was active until the suspect was apprehended at 10:52 p.m.
West Valley City Police say that the shooting happened at 8:40 p.m. at the Tuscany Cove Apartments. One 26-year-old man was treated for a gunshot wound to the leg.
Witnesses reported to investigators that the victim’s brother had shot him following an argument. The suspect is 20-year-old Sasa Scott Hamilton. He has been arrested on felony discharge of a weapon and obstruction charges.