A chase between an officer and a fleeing vehicle that resulted in shots being fired back in 2018 has now led to the officer being charged with felony gun charges.
One Utah police shooting resulted in charges for officer in 2020, but not from the state
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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.