No charges to be filed against SLC officers in 2022 shooting [Video]

SALT LAKE CITY — Two Salt Lake City police officers will not face charges for a 2022 shooting incident involving a man with a history of drug use who raised a gun towards the officers.

The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office announced its findings Friday following an investigation into the shooting in which officers went to assist a team that works with those experiencing a mental crisis.

On Nov. 8, 2022, the two officers responded to the Salt Lake City home near 900 East and 1700 South to help the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) remove George Gulla from a house and get him treatment. Gulla’s mother had asked that her son, who had a history of drug use and aggressiveness, be taken from her home.

Along with MCOT members, the officers went into the garage where Gulla was sleeping on a makeshift bed. As the team spoke with Gulla about why …