The Salt Lake County District Attorney s Office announced Friday that a sheriff s deputy was legally justified in killing a gunman who had just shot his partner in the eye.
Suspect in SL County deputies shooting had long criminal history, active warrant
Deputy Joshua Buerke and Deputy Leland Grossett, who were shot Saturday morning on the Salt Lake County Sheriff s Office grounds, are now out of the hospital.
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SALT LAKE COUNTY â Past court documents show that the man who shot two Salt Lake County Sheriff s deputies had an extensive criminal history, including an active warrant for leaving his drug rehabilitation program in February.
Joshua Michael Johnson, 31,
shot the pair of deputies Saturday morning as they approached him while patrolling the sheriff s office complex, according to law enforcement officials.