Pubdate: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 Source: Deseret News (UT) Copyright: 2002 Deseret News Publishing Corp. Contact: http://www.desnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/124 Author: Laura Hancock, Deseret News staff writer MAN KILLED AS POLICE EXECUTE WARRANT One man was killed and another critically injured, apparently by police gunfire, when a Salt Lake police SWAT team attempted to execute a search warrant at a home Wednesday night. Neither the name of the man who was killed nor the injured man had been released early Thursday. The injured man was taken to University Hospital for gunshot wounds, Salt Lake police Capt. Scott Atkinson said. About 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, the SWAT team attempted to execute a search warrant at a house at about 1221 W. Indiana Ave. (850 South), Atkinson said. As they entered the single-story house, members of the SWAT team heard what they believed were gunshots. They apparently perceived a threat and at least one SWAT team member fired his weapon, Atkinson said. Salt Lake homicide detectives and a representative of the Salt Lake County District Attorney's office arrived at the scene Wednesday night and began an investigation of the shooting, Atkinson said. At least one member of the SWAT team was expected to be placed on administrative leave during the investigation. While investigators examined the scene inside the house, several officers outside the house with their flashlights combed the porch and walkway. Atkinson did not say where exactly police shots were fired from, only that they were fired as "they were entering" the house. The search warrant being served was for an investigation of illegal drugs. The type of drugs the men were believed to have been dealing or manufacturing is unknown. "I don't know how long they had been working on it," Atkinson said. SWAT team members busted into the house, rather than knocking on the door, because of the nature of the investigation, which Atkinson would not elaborate on. "We call this a high-hazard search warrant," he said. Four men were in the house at the time of the shooting. The two men not hit by police bullets were taken to the Salt Lake Police Department for questioning, Atkinson said. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth