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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Salt Lake City Police Department just released footage from an officer-involved critical incident at a traffic stop earlier this month.
An SLCPD officer was conducting a traffic stop at 1:41 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9, near 375 South 765 West with a community member who was on a ride-along with the officer.
The body camera was worn by that officer, which can be viewed on SLCPD’s YouTube page. As the video shows graphic content and foul language, viewer discretion is advised. Police said that parts of the video have been redacted to protect personal identifiable information.
According to police, the suspect, 32-year-old Chandler Grillone, approached the officer during the traffic stop. The officer was sitting in his car. Grillone was not involved in the traffic stop.
Through the body-camera footage, Grillone can be seen startling the officer and saying the person who was pulled over didn’t do anything illegal.
He threw his possessions at the officer and at one point put his hands up in a fighting pose. Throughout the incident, the officer gave multiple commands to Grillone, who had a weapon.
After Grillone was given repeated commands to stop, he began pointing at and walking toward the police car where the community member still was. At this time, the SLCPD officer fired at least one round.
Grillone was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Officers recovered a weapon from Grillone at the scene. Police said as this is an ongoing investigation, details about the weapon he had cannot be provided.
It was first reported there were no additional injuries, though it was later learned that the officer involved had an injury consistent with a sharp-edge object. This injury is not considered life-threatening.
“This was a very quickly unfolding situation and I am incredibly relieved that our officer wasn’t injured more severely,” said Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown. “While the investigation is still ongoing, what I can say is that this certainly was a dangerous situation that resulted in an injury to our officer and that posed a serious and imminent threat to his life and potentially the lives of others.”
This is the second SLCPD OICI protocol activation for 2025.