Duty Death: Officer Joseph Shinners - [Provo]
End of Service: 05/01/2019
By Police1 Staff
PROVO, Utah — An officer was shot and killed while trying to apprehend a fugitive.
Provo Police Officer Joseph Shinners, 29, was shot Saturday night while trying to arrest a “dangerous fugitive” near a Bed Bath and Beyond 40 miles south of Salt Lake City, Fox News reports.
According to investigators, Shinners appeared to be able to return fire and hit the suspect. The suspect, a 40-year-old possibly homeless man, had recently made threats of violence against police officers at least once.
Shinners was rushed to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. The suspect remained under guard at a hospital in stable condition.
“Joe Shinners was intelligent, he was honorable, he was hard-working, he was decent in every single way and he exemplified the nobility of policing,” Provo Police Chief Rich Ferguson said. “He was the very best of the Provo Police Department.”
The officer left behind a wife and son.
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