One Utah police shooting resulted in charges for officer in 2020, but not from the state
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Former Montezuma County Sheriff s Office (Colorado) Sgt. Edward Oxley; Fordell Hill
By: Sam Stecklow (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Posted at 5:32 PM, Mar 01, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-01 19:47:03-05
SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah â The only officer charged in connection with a police shooting in Utah last year â when the numbers reached a record high â wasnât from the state. The shooting didnât happen last year, and the officer wasnât charged with killing the man,
The only officer charged in connection with a police shooting in Utah last year when the numbers reached a record high wasn’t from the state. The shooting didn’t happen last year. And the officer wasn’t charged with killing the man.
This 2018 case involves a Colorado deputy, who now faces charges for firing through his windshield during a rolling shootout with men in an old Ford Tempo.
While no video footage exists of the chase or shooting, a
Salt Lake Tribune review of police reports and interviews investigators conducted with the officer and a person in the other car offer an unusually detailed look at this chaotic case.
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