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- A home security camera captured a fatal police shootout in South Jordan.
- The incident began as a response to a reported car theft.
- The shootout played out right outside Delaney Bradshaw's South Jordan home.
SOUTH JORDAN — A home security camera captured an intense shootout Friday night between South Jordan police and a gunman who was shot and killed.
"You in the vehicle, show me your hands! Show me your hands! Show me your hands. Quit reaching!" police are heard in the video.
The Friday evening shooting began as a response to reports of a car theft near 9400 South and 4600 West.
"He's running, he's running! Talk to me … (shot) Oh (expletive) (more shots)," the video recorded.
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The police shootout played out right outside Delaney Bradshaw's South Jordan home.
"They were in the front yard, then looked at the garage camera and realized out that was in our driveway," Bradshaw said,
Bradshaw showed the bullet holes likely left by police returning fire. Bullet holes were left in his BBQ smoker and cement brick fence.
"So boom, boom, and one more right here," Bradshaw said.
South Jordan police said officers responded to a call of a car theft at a house around the corner but arrived to find a man hiding in a car at Bradshaw's home.
"He exited out this way, and the door was open here," he said.
Bradshaw showed the footprints in the mud from where the man ran from police and hopped the fence before officers chased the person down and a second shootout occurred.
The man was shot and taken to a hospital, where he died, according to police.
Surprisingly, none of it phases Bradshaw at all.
"I know it happened in my yard and 30 feet from the house, but honestly, I still feel safe," Bradshaw said.
He said it may hit him later, but he's always been told he's cool under pressure.
"I'm not shaking; I'll probably have some coffee and maybe a cocktail later and think about it and just be like, 'That, actually, that was crazy,'" he said.
He's simply glad no police officers or anyone in his home was hurt.
Police have not yet released the name of the shot and killed by police but confirmed that the officers involved are now on administrative leave, pending an investigation.
This latest incident marks the fourth fatal police shooting in Utah in the past five days.
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