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Man arrested for allegedly firing a weapon inside a home

Oct 6, 2024, 10:40 PM | Updated: Oct 8, 2024, 4:13 pm

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FILE - Police vehicles are parked outside the South Jordan Police Department on Friday, April 24, 2020. (Deseret News/Spenser Heaps)

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SOUTH JORDAN A man is in custody Sunday night after police say he allegedly fired a weapon inside a home.

Police were called to the home, located at 9536 S. Caledonia Circle, at around 8:15 p.m., according to Officer Shaun Becker with South Jordan police.

According to a probable cause statement obtained Tuesday, Nichalous Petroni, 40, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of aggravated assault and felony discharge of a firearm.

A witness to the incident told police that Petroni never pointed the gun at anyone, according to the probable cause statement.

As police arrived at the scene, Petroni’s family had gotten out of the home, while he remained inside. Once police got the family to a safe location, Petroni opened the door.

Police ordered him to surrender. However, he went back into the home, according to the probable cause statement, and shot several more rounds, possibly as many as five or six.

Eventually, Petroni surrendered was safely taken into custody.

Later, the witness told police that Petroni wanted to harm himself and aimed the weapon roughly 10 feet from the witness and allegedly fired it, according to the probable cause statement.

As police cleared the house, they noticed several bullet holes as well as multiple weapons.

Becker said that there were no injuries reported.

A shelter-in-place order was in place for a time, but was lifted as soon as the suspect was taken into custody.

The incident remains under investigation.

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