2 South Salt Lake police officers have been determined to be legally justified in shooting and killing a man armed with a rifle who fired at the officers, the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office announced.
, and she wanted officers standing by in case something happened, according to Gill's final report on the police shooting.
But Muir did not fully cooperate with dispatchers, and as the call continued, Muir said that "if SWAT was sent, he would kill them, and at another point threatened that if police tried to fight him, they would regret it," according to the report. A few minutes later, police saw a man run across the street from Muir's residence who they assumed was Muir.
In a written statement, Anderson said they spotted Muir about two blocks away. The officers turned the patrol car's spotlight on him, got out of the vehicle and took cover by the car, unholstered their weapons and began yelling at Muir to show them his hands.
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