Killings by Utah police outpacing gang, drug, child-abuse homicides

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Over a five-year period, data show that fatal shootings by police officers in Utah ranked second only to homicides of intimate partners.


Through October, 45 people had been killed by law enforcement officers in Utah since 2010, accounting for 15 percent of all homicides during that period.

A Salt Lake Tribune review of nearly 300 homicides, using media reports, state crime statistics, medical-examiner records and court records, shows that use of force by police is the second-most common circumstance under which Utahns kill each other, surpassed only by intimate partner violence.

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On top of the 45 slayings, how many other shootings occurred that didn't result in death?

Cops are way too trigger happy.

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Family members identify man killed in officer-involved shooting

POSTED 5:35 PM, NOVEMBER 23, 2014, BY CARLY FIGUEROA AND MARK GREEN, UPDATED AT 05:43PM, NOVEMBER 23, 2014

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah