Police Burst into Utah Home to Find Man Stabbing His Parents to Death, Then They Fatally Shoot Him

Erik Bertelsen was shot twice by police who found him stabbing his parents to death inside their Utah home

A Utah man was shot dead by police while stabbing his parents to death inside their home earlier this month.

Police in West Valley City, Utah released body camera footage on Monday that showed Erik Bertelsen repeatedly stabbing one of his parents on the floor of their basement on New Year’s Day, when officers entered and demanded he drop the knife. Bertelsen, 35, did not comply.

An officer then fired two shots, killing the Utah man, who fell forward over the bodies of his parents on the ground, according to body cam footage reviewed by PEOPLE…

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