- Two men were acquitted of murder by a jury on Friday after a fatal shooting at a 2025 Christmas party.
- Kevin Scarbourough and Zachary Prescott claimed self-defense, saying the man who was shot had attacked multiple times.
- Jurors deliberated for less than three hours after hearing testimony from the two men and others at the party.
SALT LAKE CITY — Jurors found two men not guilty of murder on Friday after the men testified that they acted in self-defense in a fatal shooting at a Christmas gathering last year.
Kevin Charles Scarbourough, 39, and Zachary Gage Prescott, 25, were each found not guilty of murder, a first-degree felony, and felony discharge of a firearm, a third-degree felony, after spending much of 2026 in jail. The eight jurors deliberated for just under three hours before reaching their verdict.
Alex Powell, 34, was shot and killed outside a South Jordan home following a party in the early morning hours of Dec. 27, 2025. He died later at a hospital from his injuries…