2 Salt Lake police officers have been found to be legally justified in shooting a man who pointed a shotgun at the officers after threatening to shoot firefighters.
SALT LAKE CITY — Two Salt Lake police officers have been found to be legally justified in shooting a man who pointed a shotgun at the officers after threatening to shoot firefighters.
Approximately eight hours later, a neighbor called 911 saying that Larsen had started another fire in his backyard. Firefighters again responded to Larsen's house and began putting out the fire. But a short time later, they were confronted by Larsen who "threatened to sick his dog on the firefighters and threatened to shoot them if they came on his property," according to the charges.
Larsen then stepped out of his home holding a shotgun. After the officers yelled commands for Larsen to drop the weapon, he briefly went back into the home, then stepped back out and "started bringing his shotgun up and leveling it at the officers," according to the report. "Once it became an immediate danger, that's when we took lethal action," Jones said. "That's when we reacted with deadly force."
Adair fired a total of 12 rounds from his rifle, while Jones fired two shots from his handgun, the report states. The officers then repeated their commands to "Drop the gun" and, "Let me see your … hands."
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