- Salt Lake officer Bradley Gardner was legally justified in shooting Carlos Ocampo-Flores.
- Ocampo-Flores, 19, threatened Gardner with a rock after fleeing a car crash, investigators say.
- He was convicted of assaulting the officer and received a suspended prison sentence.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake police officer was legally justified when he shot a man who raised his arm while holding a rock as if he were about to throw it at the officer, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced Friday.
Carlos Felipe Ocampo-Flores, 19, survived the shooting and was later convicted of assaulting the officer.
On May 12, 2025, police attempted to pull over a Dodge Charger driven by Ocampo-Flores near 600 W. North Temple, “but the vehicle fled at a high rate of speed, went through a railroad crossing as the arms were coming down, and crashed into multiple parked vehicles,” according to Gill’s report…