David Peterson

Suicide

Deputies were dispatched at approximately 11 a.m. to investigate a reported assault in an unincorporated neighborhood north of Cedar City. A female caller said there was a shirtless male wearing blue jeans covered in blood carrying an AR-15 style rifle who said he was attacked and needed assistance. The gunman, David Peterson, was reportedly bleeding from a head wound and had asked the neighbor to use her cell phone to call 911. Deputies tried to communicate with Peterson via loudspeaker. Police entered the home and found Peterson dead inside the home. It was not immediately certain it was a self-inflicted gunshot.