SALT LAKE CITY (INPS | GIN) – A near-fatal encounter between a Kenyan-born youth and police in Salt Lake City, Utah, prompted an angry reaction from bystanders who challenged the official version of the incident given by police.
Seventeen-year-old Abdi Mohammed reportedly was in an altercation with other youths on Saturday night, February 27, and had picked up a broomstick as police arrived. In seconds, according to witnesses, police started firing shots at the teen without giving him a chance to surrender.