- Two Salt Lake police officers were legally justified in shooting and killing Christian Thomas Allen.
- Allen threatened his estranged wife with harm and to light himself on fire May 27.
- District Attorney Sim Gill announced no charges for officers Ingersoll and Kesti.
SALT LAKE CITY — Two Salt Lake police officers were found to be legally justified in shooting and killing a man who broke into his estranged wife’s home and threatened to harm her and set himself on fire.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced on Friday that no charges will be filed against officers Mark Ingersoll and Wyatt Kesti for fatally shooting Christian Thomas Allen during a domestic violence call that Gill described as a “highly dramatic tension-filled situation.”
Just after midnight on May 27, a woman called 911, saying that her estranged husband, Allen, 60, was trying to break into her home at 2963 S. Judith Street. The woman had a protective order against Allen…