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Officials identify Provo (Utah)Officer killed in the line of duty
Deseret News ^
 | 1/6/2019
 | Yvette Cruz
Posted on 01/06/2019 2:27:43 PM PST by LiberalismDestroys 
Officials on Sunday identified the Provo police officer who was killed while trying to apprehend a fugitive in Orem. Joseph Shinners, 29, was shot in the line of duty just before 10 p.m. near the Bed Bath and Beyond in Orem located at 50 W. University Parkway. Shinners was transported to Utah Valley Hospital in critical condition but died from his injuries just before midnight, according to Rich Ferguson, Provo chief of police. Shinners, a Boston area native, was a 3-year veteran to the department and a member of the SWAT team. He was also a husband and a father to a "little boy," Ferguson said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: joseph; provo; shinners; utah
    
To: LiberalismDestroys
    We all know what question to ask first regarding this particular fugitive.
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 2:31:52 PM PST
by 
Gay State Conservative
(Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
 
To: Gay State Conservative
    “We all know what question to ask first regarding this particular fugitive.”
Ummm...Where is he?
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 2:33:32 PM PST
by 
dsc
(Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
 
To: LiberalismDestroys
    He was also a husband and a father to a "little boy," Ferguson said.Curious as to why they would put little boy in quotes.
 
To: LiberalismDestroys
    “During a press conference Sunday, Ferguson gave Shinners a posthumous promotion”
I dearly hope this will increase what his widow receives. It is only right.
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 2:36:23 PM PST
by 
cpdiii
( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist  THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
 
To: LiberalismDestroys
    According to this 
Salt Lake City Patch story, the "fugitive" is "a 40-year-old suspect who was also shot... Shinners appeared to fire back and hit the suspect, who reportedly had made threats against police officers. The suspect's identity wasn't immediately released."
 Given all the details so far, I wonder why the name of the person who did the shooting and is apprehended is not being released? In Orem, UT of all places?
-PJ
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 2:51:24 PM PST
by 
Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
 
To: LiberalismDestroys
    140 Officers killed last year. We’re off to a sad start again for 2019. Wisconsin lost an off-duty Firefighter on New Years Eve when he stopped to help a woman who had spun out in the snow we had that evening. He was hit by another driver. :(
We were driving home (9pm-ish) and going West, while the entire Beltline (State Highway) going East was backed up for many, many miles. :(
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 2:52:13 PM PST
by 
Diana in Wisconsin
( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
 
To: dsc
    Ummm...Where is he? OK,fair point.So we'll make it the *second* question.
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 3:05:54 PM PST
by 
Gay State Conservative
(Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
 
To: LiberalismDestroys
    Not again! I can’t stand it. Lord, have mercy on all our law enforcement officers. St. Michael the Archangel, defend them in the battle. Amen.
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 3:09:21 PM PST
by 
miserare
(  Indict Hillary!)
 
To: VeniVidiVici
    Because they are so pc they don’t want to assume his gender?
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 3:09:59 PM PST
by 
Blood of Tyrants
(Twitter is Trump's laser pointer and the media are all cats.)
 
To: LiberalismDestroys
    Rest in peace hero. Thank you for your service.
 
To: lightman
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posted on 
01/06/2019 3:21:37 PM PST
by 
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200l channels worth of TV.)
 
To: LiberalismDestroys
    Again people not willing to tell us the whole story. Why?
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 3:43:24 PM PST
by 
Retvet
(Retvet)
 
To: LiberalismDestroys; Celtic Conservative; Larry Lucido
    
Line of Duty Death ping.
 FReepmail me to be added to the LEO Line of Duty Death ping list.
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 3:53:21 PM PST
by 
lightman
(Obama's legacy in 13 letters:  BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA.  New axis of evil.)
 
To: VeniVidiVici
    cild has not yet self-identified by gender.
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 3:54:58 PM PST
by 
morphing libertarian
(Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall.  ---  Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
 
To: Political Junkie Too
     I wonder why the name of the person who did the shooting and is apprehended is not being released? In Orem, UT of all places?Probably a doubly sacred cow-- illegal alien PLUS a person of color.
 
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posted on 
01/06/2019 6:19:12 PM PST
by 
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
 
To: dsc
    “We all know what question to ask first regarding this particular fugitive.
Ummm...Where is he?”
He was shot and taken to the hospital - in stable condition. Police Chief said he was not going to identify him (yesterday) because it “wasn’t about him”.
 
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posted on 
01/07/2019 5:29:51 AM PST
by 
utax
 
To: LiberalismDestroys
    Suspect is a 40 year old homeless male.
 
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posted on 
01/07/2019 5:36:59 AM PST
by 
utax
 
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