Two police officers in Salt Lake County were injured, one in the eye and one in the cheek, and the alleged assailant was killed in a shooting outside the district jail Saturday morning.
Both agents have been taken to hospital and are expected to survive, according to authorities. Their identities have not been disclosed at this time.
Sheriff Rosie Rivera in Salt Lake County told a news conference that the two injured officers were colleagues and part of the compound’s security force.
The shot agent is in a critical but stable condition and has undergone surgery, according to authorities.
“We think it will survive,” Rivera said.
The other police officer sustained a gunshot wound to the cheek and is expected to be immediately released from the hospital, according to authorities.
“It could have been a lot worse,” Rivera said, adding that police have footage of the shooting with a security camera.
Rivera noted that the alleged attacker, a man in his thirties, was unknown to the department.
“We don’t know what his intentions were,” he said.