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So this story has very little to do with this site, except perhaps as an example that even in a rural, pro-RKBA area of a pro-RKBA State, a man walking around with a gun in hand is going to raise eyebrows.
At the end of the day, turns out the now deceased suspect was a convicted felon and prohibited person (for the record I don't agree with lifetime bans on RKBA). One felony was an aggravated assault in a DV case. The others were financial fraud.
What few details are known have been reported at the Deseret News.
Not enough information yet to determine whether the shooting was truly justified or not. But notice that even gun owning residents were concerned about the man's conduct prior to the police making contact.
Some excerpts:
Charles
At the end of the day, turns out the now deceased suspect was a convicted felon and prohibited person (for the record I don't agree with lifetime bans on RKBA). One felony was an aggravated assault in a DV case. The others were financial fraud.
What few details are known have been reported at the Deseret News.
Not enough information yet to determine whether the shooting was truly justified or not. But notice that even gun owning residents were concerned about the man's conduct prior to the police making contact.
Some excerpts:
Deseret News said:Police shot and killed a man Sunday that they say was wielding a handgun and acting erratically near the Uintah Basin Medical Center.
... [Police] made contact with him at 12:38 p.m. and determined that he had a gun, according to Duchesne County Sheriff's Lt. Jeremy Curry.
After negotiations and non-lethal attempts to disarm Kevin Vance Norton, a Roosevelt police officer shot him at 1:27 p.m., Curry said. Officers immediately put Norton into the back of a patrol truck and drove him to the hospital, reaching the emergency room in three minutes, the lieutenant said.
Norton died about 30 minutes later.
Gabriel Burnham, who lives in the area, said he stopped his car when he saw a man wearing a T-shirt and jeans walking up the road with a gun in his hand. The man's truck was parked on the side of the road, he said.
"I thought what is he doing," Burnham said. "My first thought was do I need to go back and grab my gun."
Burnham had seen an off-duty officer. Several uniformed officers quickly joined the off-duty officer with their guns drawn and were looking into a culvert, he said. At the point, Burnham said, he turned around and drove away.
"If there was going to be shooting," he said, "I didn't want to be around."
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Norton, 36, was on probation for a felony at the time of his death, meaning he was prohibited from possessing firearms, Curry said.
Court records show he was convicted of aggravated assault and fraudulently obtaining employment compensation, both third-degree felonies, in September 2012 and sentenced to 36 months probation. The assault incident involved domestic violence, according to court records.
The Utah Bureau of Investigations is investigating the shooting and the Uintah County Attorney's Office will determine whether the officer's use of force was justified, Curry said.
Roosevelt police officers are equipped with body-mounted cameras; however, authorities would not say Sunday if the shooting was recorded.
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Charles