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WEST JORDAN — Police on Tuesday identified a 23-year-old man who was shot and killed by officers after he attempted to drive away in a police vehicle Monday afternoon.
Michael Glad died from injuries suffered in the shooting, West Jordan police said Tuesday.
The shooting occurred near the intersection of 6200 South and 4000 West after the individual took off in a K-9 police vehicle following a confrontation with a K-9 officer, West Jordan Police Sgt. J.C. Holt said on Monday.
Glad was connected with an armed robbery at a 7-Eleven located at 6215 S. Dixie Drive prior to the shooting, Holt said. An officer who responded to the report spotted Glad as he fled the scene and attempted to apprehend him.
An altercation between the fleeing man and the officer ensued before Glad stole the officer's K-9 vehicle and tried to flee the scene, Holt said.
Lisa Miera, who lives near where the shooting took place, said she saw about a dozen police officers with rifles before Glad jumped into the vehicle.
"We saw a police officer park right down the street, go running with his assault rifle," she said. "That's not something you see every day."
A video of the incident given to KSL by a witness showed a person holding a gun and jumping into a police truck before speeding off in front of several other squad cars. Officers fired multiple shots and the truck crashed about 10 seconds after the driver took off.
Holt said more than one civilian was injured in the crash with the K-9 vehicle. The civilians were transported to nearby hospitals with injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening.
The Unified Police Department is investigating the shooting.
Court records show Glad had a conviction of disorderly conduct in 2016, but no major previous criminal history in Utah. Records show Glad's last-known address was in Midvale.
Miera, who has lived in the area for seven years, said Monday's incident is an example of rising crime in the area, which she finds troubling.
"Crime is now going everywhere," she said. "In the most-safest neighborhoods, you see and hear of things you would have never thought was going on there. It's just gotten a lot worse in the past few years."
Contributing: Jed Boal, KSL TV
