Man killed by police in Riverdale was wanted in earlier scissors stabbing

A man shot to death by Ogden and Pleasant Grove police officers on Sunday was wanted in connection with a stabbing in Pleasant Grove in December.

At about 3:40 p.m., William Marvin Toon, 28, of Highland, was killed inside a Riverdale convenience store during an “altercation” as officers tried to arrest him, Ogden police Chief Eric Young said at a Tuesday morning press conference. The chief said four officers shot Toon multiple times, but he provided few other details about why those officers opened fired.

Police had been looking for Toon since Dec. 10, when he is believed to have stabbed another man repeatedly with a pair of scissors in Pleasant Grove. The victim survived, and Toon was wanted for investigation of attempted homicide.

According to Young, police believe Toon left Utah after the stabbing, but returned last week and was in Highland. Officers attempted to arrest him at a home there, but he drove away and evaded police after “a long, high speed chase.”

Witnesses then told police that Toon was staying at a home in South Ogden, and officers attempted to arrest him as he drove away from that residence. But Toon once again led them on “another very high speed, dangerous chase” that “went all the way to Kaysville” before Toon once again escaped, Young said.

On Sunday, police found the car Toon had been driving on Saturday at a Riverdale convenience store at 700 W. Riverdale Rd. Several officers from Ogden and Utah County “went inside the store to try and safely apprehend Mr. Toon,” who “did not cooperate with their efforts.”

At that point, “something took place inside the store that resulted in Mr. Toon being shot several times” by three officers from Ogden and one from Pleasant Grove, Young said. Toon died at the scene. Two store employees and one or two customers were in the convenience store at the time of the shooting. Neither they nor the officers were injured.

When asked if Toon was armed, Young said, “No gun was recovered at the scene.”

The officers who shot Toon are on paid administrative leave while the shooting is investigated. At least one Pleasant Grove officer was equipped with a body-worn camera, and there is security video footage of the shooting from the convenience store.

This was the first police shooting in Utah this year, according to a Salt Lake Tribune database.