(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb as a police chase ends on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb as a police chase ends on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb as a police chase ends on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb as a police chase ends on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sergeant Mitch Gwilliams with North Salt Lake Police gives an update to a call involving a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb as an initial police chase comes to and end on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, with no major injuries.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Investigators remove a double barrel shotgun from a vehicle as numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb with an initial police chase ending on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The suspect was taken into custody.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Investigators remove a double barrel shotgun from a vehicle as numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb with an initial police chase ending on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The suspect was taken into custody.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Investigators remove a double barrel shotgun from a vehicle as numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb with an initial police chase ending on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The suspect was taken into custody.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb as a police chase ends on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Investigators collect evidence from a vehicle as numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb with an initial police chase ending on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The suspect was taken into custody.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Investigators remove evidence markers as numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb with an initial police chase ending on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Investigators collect evidence from a vehicle as numerous police agencies respond to a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb with an initial police chase ending on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The suspect was taken into custody.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sergeant Mitch Gwilliams with North Salt Lake Police gives an update to a call involving a man driving erratically and claiming to have a gun and a bomb as an initial police chase comes to and end on Center Street over Legacy Highway on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, with no major injuries.
The Legacy Parkway reopened on Wednesday afternoon, after a SWAT team apprehended a man after a standoff.
According to North Salt Lake police, the man was driving erratically and Woods Cross police began a pursuit, which they abandoned to prevent an accident. The man stopped his truck near Center Street in North Salt Lake.
When officers approached him, he told them he had a gun and a bomb, threatened to set his gas tank on fire, and waved a metal rod at them. SWAT team members arrived, and after flash bombs and tear gas sent the man running, he was apprehended by police.
The Legacy Parkway was reopened about 1:30 p.m.
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