utbagpiper
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Three officers shot in three days, the last one in downtown SLC today by a guy walking around in Cammo and toting some kind of rifle if media reports are to be believed.
Charles
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50179511-76/police-officer-south-lake.html.csp
and
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=12175791
Excerpts:
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A man was killed and a police officer injured in a shootout Friday afternoon in downtown Salt Lake City.
The shootout happened just before 4 p.m. at 600 South and State Street after police received a call about a man with a gun walking back and forth along State Street in the vicinity of the Grand America Hotel.
Within seconds of Salt Lake City officers arriving on scene, shots were fired. Witnesses reported hearing about 10 or 12 shots.
The suspect, who was wearing military fatigues, was also shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The officer was also shot in the leg, but his injuries are not life-threatening.
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Police do not know who the man is or what he wanted. However, witnesses say they saw the man in full military fatigues, black combat boots and a mask, carrying an assault rifle.
According to the Deseret News, the man told two witnesses in the parking lot of the hotel he was "in training."
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Charles
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50179511-76/police-officer-south-lake.html.csp
and
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=12175791
Excerpts:
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A man was killed and a police officer injured in a shootout Friday afternoon in downtown Salt Lake City.
The shootout happened just before 4 p.m. at 600 South and State Street after police received a call about a man with a gun walking back and forth along State Street in the vicinity of the Grand America Hotel.
Within seconds of Salt Lake City officers arriving on scene, shots were fired. Witnesses reported hearing about 10 or 12 shots.
The suspect, who was wearing military fatigues, was also shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The officer was also shot in the leg, but his injuries are not life-threatening.
...
Police do not know who the man is or what he wanted. However, witnesses say they saw the man in full military fatigues, black combat boots and a mask, carrying an assault rifle.
According to the Deseret News, the man told two witnesses in the parking lot of the hotel he was "in training."
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