By Associated Press - Wednesday, September 10, 2014

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Police in the Utah County city of Saratoga Springs shot and killed a man wielding a samurai sword Wednesday morning.

A spokesman for the city says someone called police dispatch about the man about 9:40 a.m.

City spokesman Owen Jackson says two officers confronted the 22-year-old near a strip of businesses. At least one officer fired, killing the man.



A team from the Utah County Attorney’s Office is investigating.

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