Jovany Mercado-Bedolla
Male, Hispanic
Date of the incident: 8/16/2019
Ogden, Weber, UT
32nd St and Gramercy Ave
32nd St and Gramercy Ave
About 9 p.m. police were called to where Jovany Mercado-Bedolla was wielding a knife and approached a group of people. The person who called police said the man appeared disoriented. Four Ogden Police officers in three patrol cars arrived shortly after. When they approached Mercado-Bedolla, he showed the knife and ignored officers' repeated orders to drop it, and then started approaching the officers in a threatening manner. They shot and killed him.