Shooter’s troubled soul: Soldier survived brutal deployment By Matthew D. LaPlante The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Aug 31, 2010 12:11PM MDT A U.S. Army soldier who was killed in a shootout with police in downtown Salt Lake City on Friday afternoon had suffered through a brutal combat tour in Afghanistan, where he survived mortar attacks, sniper ambushes, roadside bomb blasts and a suicide bombing — and in which he took the lives of several enemy fighters, according to soldiers who served
Utah soldier killed in Afghanistan BY JEREMIAH STETTLER The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Aug 31, 2010 10:43AM MDT It was an uncommon summer — as if something had brought them together to say their final goodbyes.Just two months after his family staged one of its first reunions in years, Capt. Ellery “Ray” Wallace was killed in Afghanistan when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his vehicle. The 33-year-old University of Utah grad died Sunday.“The Lord was preparing us for it,” said his
A shooting Wednesday night in Salt Lake City critically injured a 23-year-old man. Police credit their bloodhound Junior for helping to catch the men so quickly ...
Soldier survived brutal deployment By Matthew D. LaPlante The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Aug 31, 2010 12:07AM MDT A U.S. Army soldier who was killed in a shootout with police in downtown Salt Lake City on Friday afternoon had suffered through a brutal combat tour in Afghanistan, where he survived mortar attacks, sniper ambushes, roadside bomb blasts and a suicide bombing — and in which he took the lives of several enemy fighters, according to soldiers who served with him. Just days after
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An overnight downtown Salt Lake City drug sweep has resulted in 22 arrests, police say ... Spokeswoman Robin Snyder said the crackdown, which enlisted more than 20 city narcotics, patrol and bicycle officers, focused on the area between 200 West and 600 West ...