Deputies shoot West Haven man holding 2 children hostage

A man holding two children hostage while threatening suicide was shot and killed by Weber County Sheriff’s Office deputies Monday after he threatened one of the children.

Deputies responded to a West Haven apartment after a family member called to say the man was “threatening self-harm and possibly under theinfluence of drugs,” the sheriff’s office reported.

The unidentified man was seen holding an edged weapon and holding the two children hostage.

As deputies attempted to talk to the man to release the children, he allegedly made statements threatening to harm one of them, leading to two officers firing at the man and killing him.

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Deputies shoot West Haven man holding 2 children hostage

Deputies shoot West Haven man holding 2 children hostage

Deputies shoot West Haven man holding 2 children hostage

Deputies shoot West Haven man holding 2 children hostage

Deputies shoot West Haven man holding 2 children hostage