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Investigators have identified a former Utah state trooper as a suspect in a series of highway shootings in Dallas that left two motorists dead, police said. Brian Smith, 37, who now lives in Keller, shot himself early Tuesday during a standoff in Garland with a SWAT team. Smith was listed in critical condition at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. "We feel confident because of the ballistics tests that we have at this point that he (Smith) is responsible for the shootings, " said Sgt. Gil Cerda, police spokesman... Smith supervised about five patrolmen in the Salt Lake City area and...

Dallas police said Tuesday early tests connect a former Utah state trooper to Monday's series of rush-hour shootings in Garland and Dallas. Two people were killed and another was injured in the shootings Monday evening. Dallas police said they think Brian Smith, 37, a former Utah trooper who shot himself early Tuesday morning during a standoff in Garland, shot and killed a big-rig driver in Dallas. They declined to comment on the other death in neighboring Garland because it was outside their jurisdiction. "I certainly believe that he is going to be linked to the Dallas offenses -- the three...