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Prison inmate fatally shoots Utah corrections officerOfficer Down: Stephen Anderson - [Salt Lake City, Utah]
Age: 60 Incident Details: Officer Anderson was shot and killed when an inmate overwpowered him and gained control of his service weapon. The prisoner had been transported to the University of Utah Medical Center to receive medical treatment. He attacked Officer Anderson after being unshackled to receive an MRI test. End of Watch: June 25, 2007
Prison inmate fatally shoots Utah corrections officer The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — A prison inmate getting medical treatment at the University of Utah stole a gun from a corrections officer Monday and fatally shot him, authorities said. The prisoner was inside an examination room at the campus orthopedic center, university Police Chief Scott Folsom said. "There was some sort of altercation. The inmate got hold of the weapon and shot the officer," he said. A spokesman for the Utah Department of Corrections said officers routinely transport prisoners to the university for medical appointments. "Nobody here can remember one of our officers every being killed during a transfer," spokesman Jack Ford said. |
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