SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) has released the name of a suspect after an officer-involved shooting that left him hospitalized late Monday night.
Carlos Felipe Ocampo-Flores, 18, has been identified as the suspect that SLCPD was pursuing. He is facing 12 charges. Among those charges are failure to respond to officer’s signal to stop, assault on a peace officer, assault or threat on a healthcare provider, and reckless driving.
Around 11 p.m. on May 12, an officer saw him driving without headlights at a high rate of speed. According to police, the officer attempted a traffic stop on Ocampo-Flores near 600 West and North Temple in Salt Lake City.
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Ocampo-Flores did not stop and instead accelerated through a railroad crossing as the arms were lowering. Police say he crashed into at least six parked vehicles along 600 West before allegedly abandoning his vehicle…