SWAT members apparently grew tired of "negotiating" with the suicidal man who had called a suicide hotline seeking help and who held no hostages. So they shot him dead.
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Authorities in Roy, Utah are investigating a 35-year-old man’s shooting death at the hands of a police SWAT team hours after he phoned a suicide prevention hotline seeking help.
KTVX-TV reported that Jose Calzada called the hotline around 4 a.m. on Tuesday threatening to kill himself inside the home he shared with his girlfriend and her children.
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Shortly afterwards, dispatchers in Weber County sent the officers to the residence. The other residents in the home left after the call was placed.
A spokesperson, Detective Matthew Gwynn, told KTVX that a SWAT negotiator spoke with Calzada for about seven hours before the talks “failed.” He was shot and killed around 11:15 a.m.
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