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Police officer shoots man in scuffle outside Midvale McDonald’s

(Photo courtesy Unified Police) Steve Michael Darrel Hawkins

(Photo courtesy Unified Police) Steve Michael Darrel Hawkins

A Unified police officer shot a man acting “erratically” in the parking lot of a Midvale McDonald’s early Wednesday morning.

Steve Michael Darrel Hawkins, 26, of Salt Lake City was transported to a local hospital and was released later. He was booked into the Salt Lake County jail for investigation of public intoxication, interfering with a police officer, resisting arrest and aggravated assault on a police officer.

According to Sgt. Melody Gray of Unified police, at about 1:30 a.m., the officer approached Hawkins outside the closed restaurant at 425 W. 7200 South. An altercation ensued and, according to police, the man brandished a screwdriver and the officer shot him. The officer was not injured.

The Salt Lake City Police Department is investigating; state policy stipulates that an uninvolved agency handle a police shooting.

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