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WEST JORDAN — New 911 audio released Monday documents the tense moments following a fatal shooting from June, in which a woman was killed after police say she broke into a home.
Makayla Yeaman, 23, died after she was shot inside a home at 6864 W. 7605 South on June 8.
“We heard our garage door open and close multiple times, and my dog was downstairs barking like crazy,” a woman on the phone told a dispatcher. “So my husband grabbed his gun and went downstairs and checked. He didn’t see anything at first, but then we noticed our entry closet door was open and somebody was in there. They weren’t listening to my husband and he shot because they walked toward him.”
The woman told dispatchers that her husband fired three shots. She said power at the home was out at the time of the shooting, making the inside of the home “pitch black.” The couple was also afraid another person may have been inside the home.
The dispatcher asks about the injured woman’s condition and the caller said the injured woman was still conscious at the time of the call. The caller begins to sound more agitated about six minutes into the call as she asks the dispatcher about when emergency crews would arrive.
“I have a person who is possibly laying, going to die on my front floor,” she said, as the dispatcher reassured her that officers were on the way. Those officers appear to have reached the home about two minutes later, which is about the time the audio ends.
KSL obtained the 911 recording through a government records request the day of the shooting, June 8; it wasn’t released until Monday.
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Woman shot, killed after breaking into West Jordan home
A homeowner shot and killed a 23-year-old woman who broke into his West Jordan home at dawn Friday, police said.Police recovered a knife near Yeaman’s body. In all, four people were inside the home at the time of the break-in.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said on June 27 he wouldn’t file any criminal charges against the unidentified homeowner who fired the shots.
"The homeowner's home had been invaded and the homeowner had a reasonable concern for his own safety, and therefore defended himself," Gill said at the time.
Yeaman’s mother, LeAnn Yeaman, told KSL that she was angry and frustrated by Gill’s decision. Makayla Yeaman's obituary mentioned she “suffered from the disease of addiction” but also described her as a woman who loved to write and sing, and had "a spirit too big for her body."
