2 teens arrested in killing that police say was not random

Two 15-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man in Salt Lake City early Friday.

Two 15-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man in Salt Lake City early Friday. (Salt Lake police)


Save Story

Estimated read time: Less than a minute

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

SALT LAKE CITY — Two teen boys have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 23-year-old man in Salt Lake City on Friday.

Rory Swimm, 23, was shot and killed about 1:45 a.m. near 600 East and 200 South.

On Monday, Salt Lake City police announced that two 15-year-old boys were arrested Saturday for investigation of murder and booked into juvenile detention. The arrests were made after search warrants were served at undisclosed locations by members of the SWAT team, as well as detectives from the department's gang unit and Violent Criminal Apprehension Team.

Investigators believe the two boys had been looking for Swimm and his friends following an argument earlier Friday evening.

"This shooting does not appear to be random," police said in a prepared statement.

Police say a third person allegedly there during the shooting was also identified but was not arrested and is not facing any charges as of Monday.

Most recent Police & Courts stories

Related topics

Pat Reavy interned with KSL NewsRadio in 1989 and has been a full-time journalist for either KSL NewsRadio, Deseret News or KSL.com since 1991. For the past 25 years, he has worked primarily the cops and courts beat.
KSL.com Beyond Business
KSL.com Beyond Series

KSL Weather Forecast

KSL Weather Forecast
Play button