Anyone in Salt Lake City? Twitter reporting a possible riot?

[charlie and algernon]

SLCScanner ?@SLCScanner 21m21 minutes ago

Officer just advised there are some #GangMembers still throwing things at officers. UPD/WVC have multiple units responding.

SLCScanner ?@SLCScanner 24m24 minutes ago

***** EVERYONE NEEDS TO AVOID THE AREA ****** People are still throwing glass bottles and Rocks at Officers. WVC has 8 officers responding

[charlie and algernon]

1. Police trying to disperse angry crowds after reported shooting in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY — There is a large police presence in downtown Salt Lake City Saturday night, and dispatch officials confirm officers are responding to reports of a shooting.

FOX 13 News first heard reports of shots fired in the area of the 300 South and Rio Grande Street just before 8 p.m. Salt Lake City Police dispatch confirms there was a shooting in the area, but no further details were immediately available.

Officers from Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Unified PD and Utah Highway Patrol were on scene and were observed to be attempting to get several large crowds of people to disperse from the area.

As of about 8:35 p.m., many people in those crowds appeared upset, with some yelling or spitting at officers.

http://fox13now.com/2016/02/27/large-police-presence-in-rio-grande-district-after-report-of-shooting/

[UtahLib]

3. News report-Police shot a homeless teen (waiting for confirmation)

who they claimed brandished a weapon which prompted a crowd to confront police. There was a rally against police brutality earlier today.

[charlie and algernon]

4. Hearing it may have been a 16 yr old.

Robert Boyd ?@Robertboydfox13 9m9 minutes ago

Witnesses say a black 16-year-old boy was shot four times and taken to the hospital. Condition is unknown.

[UtahLib]

5. Yes, I was sorry to hear that.

Also, bringing in so many separate police units seems extreme.

[TeeYiYi]

6. Officer involved shooting...

...over 100 cops on scene. I think the kid is deceased but they're still trying to keep that info out of the media.

It happened by the homeless shelter which has hundreds of people hanging in the vicinity at any given time and lots of drugs and prostitution. It's an area where the rich and poor cross paths. Lots of effort to remove the homeless shelter from the downtown Salt Lake City area.

The situation is still fluid...

My info is coming from local breaking news.

TYY

[Califonz]

7. Check out Google street view

Looks like a Skid Row type neighborhood.

[TeeYiYi]

9. The homeless shelter...

...is definitely 'skid row' but it's surrounded by high end shopping, theater/opera, restaurants, night clubs and the Utah Jazz arena. It was allegedly two black kids from Kenya that got into some kind of altercation at the Gateway outdoor mall area. The kid who was shot was holding a stick of some kind. Cops were called and the kid with the stick was shot 4 times. I'm pretty sure he's deceased.

A riot ensued as people were disgusted by the cops mowing down the 17 yo kid with the stick. He was there with his 19 yo friend...

TYY

[Cal Carpenter]

8. ...

[Algernon Moncrieff]

10. As of 11:30 Central -Crowds riot, throw items at police after officer-involved shooting in Salt Lake

Crowds riot, throw items at police after officer-involved shooting in Salt Lake City

http://fox13now.com/2016/02/27/large-police-presence-in-rio-grande-district-after-report-of-shooting/

SALT LAKE CITY -- Police shot a suspect in the Rio Grande District of Salt Lake City Saturday night who was involved in a physical altercation, and crowds of angry people reacting to the incident shouted and threw things at officers, prompting a massive police response.

TRAX service has been disrupted and police confirmed shortly before 10 p.m. that a four-block radius around the Gateway Mall will be closed for the next several hours due to the incident and investigation.

FOX 13 News first heard reports of shots fired in the area of the 300 South and Rio Grande Street just before 8 p.m. Salt Lake City Police initially confirmed there was a shooting, but it wasn't until just after 10 p.m. that they confirmed it was an officer-involved shooting.

Witnesses at the scene tell FOX 13 News' Robert Boyd police officers shot a 17-year-old teen who was involved in a fight with an older male, prompting an angry reaction from witnesses who felt they did not give the teen, who was reportedly wielding a broomstick, a chance to surrender. Police have confirmed two officers were involved and that at least one officer fired shots.

[Drunken Irishman]

11. Yes. From what I've heard...

A 16/17 year old black teen, possibly from Kenya, got into an argument with an older male around a homeless shelter in the Rio Grande neighborhood of downtown SLC. He was carrying a broomstick. Witnesses at the scene say two cops approached him, told him to drop the broom, and as he turned around, one officer opened fire 4 or 5 times. Those same witnesses are claiming the police didn't give the teen any time to surrender before shooting. This prompted an angry response that led to the rioting.

The teen's condition is unknown.