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SALT LAKE CITY — A man is dead after a shooting early Sunday near 300 East and 800 South.
About 2:37 a.m., dispatchers received several 911 calls about a possible shooting in the area. When police responded, a man was found dead on the sidewalk, according to a release from the Salt Lake City Police Department. Detectives with the homicide squad, as well as crime lab technicians, were called to the scene. Based on the preliminary investigation, detectives believe an argument occurred prior to the shooting, the release states.
Witnesses reported the gunmen left in a car, in an unknown direction, following the shooting. A description of the alleged vehicle was not available.
This is the first homicide investigation of 2024 in Salt Lake City. Detectives have determined the death of another man, who was beaten inside a downtown Salt Lake storage shed, and was discovered dead on Jan. 3, occurred in 2023.
No arrests have been made in Sunday's shooting death. Police ask anyone with information to call 801-799-3000 and reference case 24-9955.
The identity of the man found dead was not released.
