Deputies in Utah recovering after being shot in face; suspect dead
Two Salt Lake County Sheriff s Office deputies were shot outside the sheriff s department in South Salt Lake Saturday morning.
By: KSTU Staff
and last updated 2021-04-10 20:53:02-04
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah â Two deputies were shot outside the Salt Lake County Sheriff s Office and Unified Police Department headquarters in South Salt Lake Saturday morning.
Shortly before 10:30 a.m., the two deputies were patrolling the complex at 3415 S. 900 West, which also includes the Salt Lake County Metro Jail.
They encountered a man near the north parking lot, and as they approached him, he pulled out a handgun and shot at them.
Nicholas K. Geranios
Police the scene of a shooting at the Salt Lake County Sheriff s Office, Saturday, April 10, 2021 in Salt Lake City. Two Utah sheriffâs deputies were wounded and the suspect was killed in a shooting outside the Salt Lake County jail. Officials said both deputies were taken to a hospital after the Saturday morning shootout and are expected to survive.(Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP) April 10, 2021 - 5:33 PM
Two Salt Lake County sheriffâs deputies were wounded â one shot in the eye and the other in the cheek â and the suspect was killed during a shootout Saturday morning outside the county jail.
By Bill Galluccio
Apr 10, 2021
Two deputies with the Salt Lake County Sheriff s Office were shot outside of the Salt Lake County Metro Jail. One officer is in critical condition after being shot in the eye, while the other officer is in stable condition after getting shot in the head. The suspect was killed, but authorities did not say how they died.
Salt Lake County Sheriff
Rosie Rivera told reporters that the two officers were members of a campus security team and got into an altercation with the suspect in a grassy area near a bus stop between the jail and the Sheriff s Office.
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