A man is dead and a 14-year-old is in custody after a stabbing in a West Valley City park on Thursday.
At 5:45 a.m. Thursday, police received a report of a man who was not conscious and appeared to have multiple wounds at Scottsdale Park, located at 3755 S. 3100 South.
When officers arrived, they discovered the 24-year-old man was dead. His name has not been released.
On Thursday evening, West Valley City police announced that they had arrested a 14-year-old who is believed to have argued with the man before stabbing him.
According to police, the man was at the park with “multiple other people” when the argument “resulted in an altercation” that led to the stabbing.
The child was booked into juvenile detention. More information was not immediately released.
