A Salt Lake City police-involved shooting this week marks the 30th incident of its kind statewide in 2020 – one of the highest totals in Utah in recent years, according to a report. According to the Tribune, Thursday’s incident marked the 30th police-involved shooting in the state this year – reaching the highest number Utah has seen since 2018. There were 16 police-involved shootings in 2019, the report states. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAs for fatal police shootings, the highest number was in 2018, with 19, according to the Tribune report. This year saw the second-highest number of fatal police-involved shootings with 17; 12 people were fatally shot by police in 2019.

Source: Fox News December 18, 2020 21:45 UTC