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On Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., Kahlert Village went on lockdown due to a Salt Lake Police Department report of an aggravated assault situation involving a girl being stabbed 15-20 times.
“Aggravated assault is an assault likely to cause serious bodily injury or death or with a weapon,” said Officer Sergeant Jason Miller in an in-person interview with The Chronicle.
Student accounts postulated that the stabbing was on the fourth floor of the Community Engagement tower.
Kahlert Village residents claimed that the assailant was the victim’s boyfriend, who had an AR-15.
“It appears to be a swatting incident,” said President Taylor Randall to The Chronicle in a brief in-person exchange at the Department of Public Safety building at 9:00 p.m.
At 9:07 p.m., the police confirmed the incident was swatting. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defines swatting as “a malicious act that can involve placing false emergency calls to emergency responders, often reporting a [false] severe, ongoing crisis at a specific location.” Sergeant Miller described it as “like a hoax.”
Residential Advisors and Housing staff were not initially informed about the situation.
A University of Utah safety alert reading “Swatting incident at Kahlert Village was not a credible threat. More info in email and at trusted link below” was sent at 9:48 p.m.
Editor’s note, Nov. 12, 9:50 p.m. • This article was updated to correctly reflect President Randall’s statement to The Daily Utah Chronicle.
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