Police: Wyoming chase ended when driver shot himself
April 5, 2021
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ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) A man ended a police pursuit in southwestern Wyoming by killing himself.
Josiah Griffith, 24, led police on a chase in Rock Springs on March 29. The chase ended when the sport-utility vehicle Griffith was driving rolled down an embankment and stopped.
Rock Springs police, who hadn t previously disclosed Griffith s identity or how he died, said Friday officers found him dead in the vehicle of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Rock Springs Rocket-Miner reported.
The chase began when a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation team tried to carry out a search warrant for a child exploitation investigation and Griffith fled, police said.
Police: Rock Springs Chase Ended When Driver Shot Himself
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Proposed roundups target 3,500 wild horses in Wyoming
April 1, 2021 GMT
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) The U.S. Bureau of Management is accepting public comments through the end of April on plans to remove some 3,500 wild horses from public land in southwestern Wyoming.
The federal agency seeks to allow between 1,500 and 2,165 wild horses on five herd management areas in the Red Desert outside Rock Springs.
An estimated 5,105 wild horses currently live in those areas, according to the BLM.
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The animals would be collected from traps or by ropers on horseback after being herded using a helicopter, the Rock Springs Rocket-Miner reports.