No charges filed after fatal police shooting during domestic violence call

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill declined to file charges against officers involved in a fatal critical incident from May.

On May 27, 2025, just after midnight, officers with the Salt Lake City Police Department responded to a home near Judith Street and Hudson Avenue on a domestic violence case.

Police received reports that Christian Thomas Allen was breaking into his ex-wife’s home, in violation of a protective order. Allen had previously threatened to kill her. When officers responded, the woman and her two teenaged children hid in a bedroom while remaining on the phone with emergency response…

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