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A South Jordan teenager has been charged in connection with allegedly throwing a rock at police officers during a "riot" outside a Salt Lake City homeless shelter after a shooting by police last month.

Jonathan Ammon Holman, 18, threw a "large rock" at officers who "were called to assist in quelling a riot" on Feb. 27 near 200 S. Rio Grande, according to charges filed this week in 3rd District Court.

Salt Lake City police officers had just shot and critically wounded 17-year-old Abdullahi Mohamed when angry bystanders confronted the officers. About 100 officers from Salt Lake City and other departments arrived at the scene, some carrying riot shields and assault rifles. Police have said some people in the crowd threw rocks and glass at officers.

The rock that Holman threw "nearly struck one officer in the head and then slammed into [another officer's] knee," investigators wrote.

Officers chased Holman and stunned him with a stun gun to arrest him, police wrote. They then discovered he was carrying methamphetamine, police wrote.

Holman was charged with assault against a peace officer and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, both second-degree felonies. He also was charged with class B misdemeanor counts of riot and interference with an arresting officer.

An initial court appearance is set for Monday.

Four other people arrested along with Holman have yet to be charged.

Police say officers fired at Abdullahi Mohamed after he refused to drop a metal objected used to beat a man.

But a friend of Mohamed, who said she was with him at the time, has challenged officers' account.

Selam Mohammad has said Abdullahi Mohamed and another man fought with pieces of a broken broom after the other man had harassed her. She said she was trying to break up the fight when officers arrived, but neither she nor any bystander was struck or threatened by the broomstick pieces.

Selam Mohammad has said Abdullahi Mohamed was holding part of a broomstick at his side when officers ran up.

"They told him to put it down, once," Mohammad has said, and "started shooting him as soon as he turned around." Mohammad said the police fired four times and that the teenager was hit in the chest and stomach.

alberty@sltrib.com