The Briefing Room
General Category => Crime And Punishment => Topic started by: Wingnut on February 22, 2022, 01:33:16 am
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Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera has never seen anything like it before in her career. On Monday, a 4-year-old boy tried to shoot two Unified police officers who were taking his father into custody, allegedly because the father had told him to. Fortunately, an officer who saw the gun not only was able to push the barrel away from the direction of officers just as the gun was fired, but also recognized that the person holding it was a child and did not return fire.
Rivera called the officer a "hero" for reacting to the situation the way he did, saying that he "saved a life."
"In my opinion, our officers did an amazing job because they could have fired back not knowing who was in that vehicle," Rivera said.
https://www.ksl.com/article/50353283/4-year-old-shoots-at-police-as-officers-attempt-to-arrest-father-