01-18-2016, 08:24 PM
Utah
This is such a sad case.
A veteran Utah police officer who was shot to death Sunday was working overtime to pay for his cancer treatments when he encountered a fugitive who went missing from a drug rehab center for parolees, officials said.
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Unified police officer Douglas Scott Barney, 44, had been on the force 18 years when police say he encountered Cory Lee Henderson, 31, Sunday morning in a residential area near a church in the suburb of Holladay, about 8 miles southeast of downtown Salt Lake City.
Authorities say the incident began with a car crash involving Henderson and a woman in a BMW. Henderson and the woman walked away from the wreck. Barney found Henderson nearby and the officer was shot in the head. Barney died hours later at a hospital.
Other officers responded and exchanged gunfire with Henderson, who died at the scene (good riddance, asshole). Police said they were still searching for the woman who was with Henderson at the time of the crash.
Officer Jon Richey, 51, was shot once by a bullet that went through both legs. His condition was upgraded Monday to fair after he had emergency surgery.
Barney, a married father of three teenagers, had volunteered to work overtime Sunday to help pay for his medical treatments after surviving bladder cancer. RIP.
Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/utah-officer...as-killed/
This is such a sad case.
A veteran Utah police officer who was shot to death Sunday was working overtime to pay for his cancer treatments when he encountered a fugitive who went missing from a drug rehab center for parolees, officials said.
Unified police officer Douglas Scott Barney, 44, had been on the force 18 years when police say he encountered Cory Lee Henderson, 31, Sunday morning in a residential area near a church in the suburb of Holladay, about 8 miles southeast of downtown Salt Lake City.
Authorities say the incident began with a car crash involving Henderson and a woman in a BMW. Henderson and the woman walked away from the wreck. Barney found Henderson nearby and the officer was shot in the head. Barney died hours later at a hospital.
Other officers responded and exchanged gunfire with Henderson, who died at the scene (good riddance, asshole). Police said they were still searching for the woman who was with Henderson at the time of the crash.
Officer Jon Richey, 51, was shot once by a bullet that went through both legs. His condition was upgraded Monday to fair after he had emergency surgery.
Barney, a married father of three teenagers, had volunteered to work overtime Sunday to help pay for his medical treatments after surviving bladder cancer. RIP.
Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/utah-officer...as-killed/