- Taylorsville police officer Jimmy Haas is charged with manslaughter for the 2024 killing of Henry Chavez.
- Haas shot Chavez through truck’s rear window after vehicle rammed his patrol car, investigators say.
- District Attorney Sim Gill deemed shooting not legally justified; expert found force used was unreasonable.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Taylorsville police officer was found to be not legally justified when he shot an unarmed man through the back windshield of his truck in 2024, killing him, after the man had put his truck in reverse and rammed the officer’s patrol car while the officer was not in it.
As a result, officer Jimmy Jeremy Haas, 36, of Salt Lake City, was charged Thursday with manslaughter, a second-degree felony, for the shooting death of 28-year-old Henry Chavez, Jr., Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced.
On Oct. 9, 2024, a Taylorsville police officer patrolling the parking lot of a convenience store at 4500 S. Atherton Drive came across a license plate that did not match the vehicle it was on, and was also reported to have been involved in a chase with Salt Lake police the day before. That officer began following the truck driven by Chavez, according to charging documents. A woman was also in the passenger seat…