Misplaced Pages

Trolley Square shooting: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 19:51, 9 November 2007 editTexastig (talk | contribs)6 editsm →Timeline← Previous edit Revision as of 19:54, 9 November 2007 edit undoCool Hand Luke (talk | contribs)14,522 edits →Timeline: Link to Sulejman Talović#Motive, which discusses Allahu Akbar urban legend.Next edit →
Line 20: Line 20:
|accessdate=2007-07-01 |accessdate=2007-07-01
}}</ref> }}</ref>

It is unclear what ] to commit the killings.


==Victims== ==Victims==

Revision as of 19:54, 9 November 2007

Candlelight vigil at the Salt Lake City Public Library for victims of the Trolley Square shooting.

The Trolley Square shooting was a shooting rampage that occurred on February 12, 2007, at Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, Utah. The shooting resulted in the deaths of five bystanders and the shooter himself, as well as the wounding of at least 4 others. The killer's massacre was fatally halted by 5 police officers, including one off duty officer who had been at a restaurant with his wife prior to the shooting.

Timeline

The gunman, Sulejman Talović, was an eighteen year-old Bosniak immigrant. He had a history of minor juvenile incidents, had dropped out of high school and had been living in Salt Lake City with his mother.

On February 12, 2007, at 6:44 PM MST, Talović began shouting allah akbar and a deadly shooting in Trolley Square resulted in the deaths of five bystanders and the shooter himself, as well as the wounding of at least 4 others. Talovic was described as wearing a white shirt, a tan trenchcoat and a mullet. He carried both a shotgun and a handgun, as well as a backpack full of ammunition.

The gunman's rampage was stopped after trading shots with off-duty police officer Kenneth Hammond, and Sgt. Andrew Oblad of the Salt Lake City Police Department; their actions prevented further loss of innocent lives. The final confrontation, in which Talović was killed, occurred in the Pottery Barn Kids home furnishing store. Hammond was at Trolley Square with his pregnant wife, 911 dispatcher Sarita Hammond. Sarita borrowed a waiter's cell phone to call 911. Talović was cornered and was shooting at officers, until an active shooter contact team comprised of Salt Lake City PD SWAT team members arrived and shot him. Salt Lake City police officials on February 13, 2007, thanked Hammond as a hero in saving countless lives.

According to local TV station ABC 4, several witnesses reported that a majority of the shooting took place on the ground floor near the Pottery Barn store, though the majority of the dead were found in Cabin Fever, a card store. One of the victims, having been shot, apparently entered the nearby Hard Rock Cafe and told customers to lock the doors. Nothing is yet known of the gunman's motive. Several victims were transported to local hospitals, some in critical condition.

One of the victims was a 16-year-old boy found in his car with a wound to the side of his head; another, Cedric Wilson, an employee at Rodizio Grill, was fired at twice but suffered only a graze on his head.

It is unclear what motivated Talović to commit the killings.

Victims

Killed were:

  • Teresa Ellis, 29
  • Brad Frantz, 24
  • Kirsten Hinckley, 15
  • Vanessa Quinn, 29
  • Jeffery Walker, 53

Wounded and hospitalized were:

  • Carolyn Tuft, 43 (mother of Kirsten Hinckley)
  • Shawn Munns, 34
  • Stacy Hanson, 53
  • Alan "A.J." Walker, 16 (son of Jeffery Walker)

Officers honored

Five officers were honored at the Utah state capitol on February 16 for their bravery in the Trolley Square shooting.

They are: Sgt. Andrew Oblad, Sgt. Joshua Scharman, Detective Dustin Marshall and Detective Brett Olsen, all of the Salt Lake City Police Department, and Officer Kenneth Hammond of the Ogden Police Department.

See also

References

  1. "Police: Off-Duty Cop Saved Lives In Mall". CBS News. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  2. "Killer identified as 18-year-old Sulejmen Talovic". Salt Lake Tribune. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  3. ^ "Gunman Opens Fire at Trolley Square". KSL-TV. 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  4. "Emotionless killer gunned down victims randomly". Salt Lake Tribune. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  5. ^ "Trolley Square killer, 18, had two weapons, police say". Salt Lake Tribune. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  6. ^ "Officer called hero following Utah rampage". Associated Press. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  7. "Police, DA give further details in Trolley shooting". Deseret Morning News. 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
  8. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660195487,00.html
  9. "Their stories: Bystanders shocked by killings". The Salt Lake Tribune. 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2007-07-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. "Police ID victims, killer in shooting". The Salt Lake Tribune. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  11. "Five officers were honored at Utah state capitol". KUTV. 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-02-16.

External links

Categories: