MIDVALE — A 14-year-old has been taken into custody in connection with a suspected homicide that took place in Midvale on Thursday, police said.

The Unified Police Department released a statement Saturday saying that on Thursday, officers responded to a reported traffic accident in the area of Jackson Street and La Salle Drive. A person was pronounced dead at the scene there.

Police discovered that the victim had been shot, and a homicide investigation was launched. UPD identified the victim as 23-year-old Mason Snowball from West Valley City.

UPD said that on Friday, officers arrested a 14-year-old boy in Midvale in connection to the incident. He was booked into the Salt Lake County Juvenile Detention Center on charges, but police did not disclose what those charges were.

The case is

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