Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill on Friday announced he will not press criminal charges against the police officers who shot a popular Glendale rapper to death last year.
Cody Belgard, 30, was not found holding a gun following the Nov. 9 shooting. But after reviewing the evidence, Gill concluded that the Salt Lake City police officers who encountered him could “successfully argue” that they reasonable believed it necessary to use deadly force.
“In that event, Utah state law would effectively immunize each officer from criminal liability in connection with this incident,” Gill wrote in a 22-page letter explaining his charging decision.