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SALT LAKE CITY — A 32-year-old man was shot in the leg after attending a large party near 1700 South 4100 West, police said.
About 1:23 a.m., Salt Lake police responded to multiple reports of gunshots in the area. Dispatchers informed police that someone had been shot but no shooting victims were located at the scene.
Officers located bullet casings in the parking lot and evidence of a party, with partygoers beginning to leave the area. Police later learned that a man who had attended the party had arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg. The 32-year-old man is expected to survive, according to police.
Police said they were looking for two men believed to have information about the shooting, including a Black man, between the ages of 20 to 30, last seen wearing a red Versace shirt, red hat and blue pants. The second man was described as a Hispanic man between ages 35 to 40, approximately 5-feet 10-inches tall, with arm and face tattoos, last seen wearing a blue Yankees hat.
The two men left in an unknown SUV, according to police.
The shooting is being investigated as a gang-related incident. Police ask anyone who may have information about the incident to call 801-799-3000 and reference case 22-171308.
