SALT LAKE CITY — A suspicious death near a Sugar House apartment complex on Sunday is now being investigated as a homicide.
The Salt Lake City Police Department investigation began at around 3 a.m. Sunday, when officers were called to the area near 2100 South 900 East on reports of a fight.
When paramedics arrived at the scene, they found a male victim, identified as 58-year-old Steve Kallas, who died at the scene. At the same time the investigation into the alleged fight began, officers also received reports of shots being fired in the area. It is not known if the two incidents are connected.
On Tuesday, police confirmed Kallas' death is being investigated as a homicide, but no other information on the death has been released.