Salt Lake City Police Release Video Of Officers Taking Down Man With Mental Health Issues Hard, Man Eventually Dies

The Salt Lake City Police Department on Friday released body-camera footage showing officers restraining an unarmed man who died roughly an hour later.

A 911 call placed on Aug. 14 reported that a man in underwear had attempted to steal beer from Fisher Brewing in the city’s Granary District neighborhood and attacked a person at their door. The man, 35-year-old Nykon Brandon, fled the store and proceeded to run into the road.

“He’s running around crazy, very erratic,” the caller said. “He just jumped in and out of the road. He’s throwing stuff.”

According to an SLCD press release, officers were dispatched at 3:16 p.m. local time. In a roughly six-minute video of footage from an officer’s body-cam, Brandon is in grey boxers and can be seen darting around on the street while trying to avoid police officers. As police order the man to stop and attempt restrain him on the side of the road, Brandon can be seen flailing and appears to grab at an officer’s holstered gun.

Video shows officers eventually restraining Brandon facedown in the gravel with his hands behind his back in handcuffs and whimpering.

At one point, according to an SLCPD press release, Brandon is reported to have had a medical incident. Officers administer several doses of the anti-overdose medication Narcan and perform chest compressions.

Brandon was taken to a hospital and later died, FOX 13 reported.