WEST JORDAN — The owner of the house at the center of Tuesday’s deadly SWAT standoff is sharing what he witnessed.

On Tuesday evening, West Jordan police said a man was shot and killed after they tried to get him to come out of the house where an argument had occurred. Most of the neighborhood was instructed to shelter in place.

Branden Vincent, the owner of the house, said he watched the tense standoff through his neighbor’s windows.

“It’s not a place you want to bring a friend,” Vincent said. “It’s just a home for people who are trying to get back on their feet.”

Vincent lives in the home and rents the rooms out to tenants who are recovering from addiction.

He said that a man he didn’t know showed up at his home at approximately 4 p.m., wearing a ski mask, with a duffel bag. Vincent

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