Police identify SLCPD officers who confronted Trolley Square killer

The Salt Lake Tribune ^

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The Salt Lake City Police Department has identified four of its officers who entered Trolley Square mall on Monday to confront the man who killed five people.

Sgt. Andy Oblad, Sgt. Josh Scharman, Detective Dustin Marshal and Detective Brett Olsen will be honored by the Utah State Senate on Friday at 10 a.m. for bravery in the line of duty.

The Senate also will honor Ogden Police Officer Kenneth Hammond, who was off-duty Monday when the shooting broke out.

The five officers will be honored in the Utah House of Representatives at 10:30 a.m. and by Gov. Jon M. Huntsman at 11 a.m. in the Governor's Office.

Sulejman Talovic, 18, was killed during a shoot-out with police after he killed five people and seriously wounded four others about 6:45 p.m. Advertisement

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Salt Lake City Police Department has released the names of the Salt Lake officers involved in the fatal shooting of a gunman at Trolley Square Mall that occurred on Monday, February 12, 2007. They were Sgt. Andy Oblad (top left), a patrol sergeant and 10-year veteran; Det. Dustin Marshall (top right), a detective in the Gang/SWAT unit and 9-year veteran; Sgt. Josh Scharman (bottom left), a Gang/SWAT sergeant and 10-year veteran; and Det. Brett Olsen (bottom right), also a detective in the Gang/SWAT unit and 6-year veteran. (Courtesy of Salt Lake Police Department)

[IncPen]

You know I could swear I heard somewhere that the shooter was Muslim

I sure as hell didn't hear it from CBSABCNBCCNN or the New York Times

The liberals and the media in this country are in collusion with our enemies

[cripplecreek]

The guy who filmed the thing will be on Hannity and Colmes tonight. It should be interesting to see what he has to say.

[nctexan]

How about awarding all four the new "Crazed Jihadi Marksmanship Medal"...

Would look something like a red checkered ribbon with a bronzed medal of a keffiyeh under cross hairs.

[The KG9 Kid]

The photos of these four hero's wives go on for several more pages.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

We honor these First Responder Heroes!

Semper Fi,

[Anti-Bubba182]

The media is not taking up the point that this spree may have been a Jihad action. Talovic Sulejmen was a Bosnian Muslim.

[NraFreedom]

The obvious thing missing here is the fact that an off-duty policeman from Ogden City Police Department [Officer Ken Hammond] was the first to confront the shooter. It does not seem from this piece that Officeer Hammond is being honored. What an oversite!

[Enchante]

"The Senate also will honor Ogden Police Officer Kenneth Hammond, who was off-duty Monday when the shooting broke out."

[KJC1]

Dittos on your post, and your tagline is great too!

[NraFreedom]

Thank you. I must be going blind in my old age. What a day. I am really, really embarrassed; again.