Thursday morning traffic was a mess in the Trolley Square area after police closed off streets to investigate reports of a shot fired shortly before 8 a.m.
According to Salt Lake City police, there was no shooting at the mall itself, which is located at 600 South and 700 East. There was “an altercation” between two men in the street on 600 East, just west of Trolley Square, “and a shot was fired,” said Det. Michael Ruff of the Salt Lake City Police Department. “It may have been fired into the air. It may have been fired into the ground.