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Unified Police investigating homicide in Midvale

This is a developing story. ABC4 will update this post as new information becomes available.

MIDVALE, Utah (ABC4) — Unified Police are investigating after a person was found dead with a gunshot wound at the scene of a traffic accident Thursday evening.

In a press release, Unified Police say their dispatch received a call of a traffic accident near Jackson Street and La Salle Drive in Midvale around 8:15 p.m. Thursday evening. Units from Unified Police and Unified Fire Authority responded immediately and provided life saving efforts to the victim, but the victim was pronounced deceased on scene.

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Police say that during the initial investigation, it was discovered that the victim, identified as 23-year-old Mason Snowball of West Valley City, had sustained a gunshot wound. Detectives from UPD’s Violent Crimes division responded to the scene and began a homicide investigation.

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Around 11 p.m. on Friday, Unified Police officers took a 14-year-old male juvenile into custody in connection with the incident, and he was booked into the Salt Lake County Juvenile Detention Center.

The case is still under investigation.

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