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Deputy fatally shot; police searching for 2 men
January 5, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY -- The search of a Salt Lake City home did not turn up the man wanted for gunning down a deputy Tuesday morning. Officers have cleared a containment area near 1100 West and 300 South but continue their manhunt for the suspect and a person of interest in the case.
Millard County sheriff's Deputy Josie Greathouse Fox was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Delta around 1 a.m. Officers are looking for the suspect, 37-year-old Roberto Miramontes Roman, and 36-year-old Ruben Chavez Reyes, who they call a person of interest.
Search of Salt Lake home completed
Police set up the Salt Lake containment area around 4:30 a.m. after receiving information that Roman may be there. They found his orange Corvette parked outside a home. SWAT teams surrounded the house and a shed, fired tear gas into the shed and searched the house but did not find Roman. They also searched other homes of the suspect's relatives. The containment area now is cleared.
Officers did take a man into custody who may be one of Roman's relatives.
Police also located a 1995 gray Cadillac Deville they believe Roman was driving after the crime. They found it just west of Nephi. Roman may have switched cars and driven the Corvette to Salt Lake City.
Roman is 5 feet 7 inches tall, 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Police consider him armed and dangerous. Records show Roman was arrested several times in the 1990s on drug charges and spent time in the Utah State Prison for it.
Residents in the area were asked to stay in their homes and to report anything suspicious to the Millard County Sheriff's Office at 435-743-5302 or Salt Lake City Police at 801-799-3000.
"If anybody does come into contact with this suspect, call 911. Do not approach him, do not try to talk to him. He's very dangerous. We'll have officers take care of that," said Sgt. Jeff Nigbur of the UHP.
Investigation, traffic stop preceded shooting
The community of Delta is deeply saddened and shocked by the loss of Deputy Fox.
Investigators say she and another deputy were looking into a recent rash of home burglaries and trailer thefts. Deputy Fox initiated a traffic stop just east of Delta on Highway 50 right after 1 a.m. When she approached the car, the driver shot and killed her.
She was wearing a bulletproof vest, but investigators say the bullet struck just above it, near her badge.
She was found with her gun still in its holster, leading investigators to believe she was shot without warning. She also was holding her flashlight.
Millard County Sheriff Robert Dekker explained, "We know that she stopped the vehicle, she called in and identified with a license number with her location. Just a few short minutes later Sgt. Kimball pulled up to the scene. Deputy Fox was lying in the road with a gunshot wound."
Fox died at the scene. The driver fled in a gray 1995 Cadillac Deville with Utah plate 713 PAB.
Sheriff Dekker says Deputy Fox was well-liked in the community and was willing to help whether she was on or off duty. The sheriff said Fox particularly enjoyed and was very successful at working with juvenile cases. She had a positive influence on the youth of the community.
Deputy Fox is survived by her husband and two children. She got into law enforcement later in life and had been on the force for the past five years.
Schools closed
The search for Roman closed two schools and almost disrupted a funeral in Salt Lake City.
People arriving at St Patrick's church on 400 South and Goshen Street were surprised to see all the police cars and barricaded streets.
"It's kind of scary to see the street blocked off like that," said one woman. "It's nerve wracking that things like this happen."
St. Patrick's Church Another man said he assumed the worst when he drove up. "I thought it was a hostage situation or somebody shot, something bad again."
Debbie Prokopis wondered if they would even be able to continue with the funeral.
"I watched the news this morning because we knew we were going to come right here," she said.
The church is a block away from where most of the police activity was happening.
"We've talked to police and they say we are fine to park here and fine to continue with our funeral. Until they tell us otherwise, we are good," Prokopis said.
But Franklin Elementary and Guadalupe schools were both closed because of all the police activity. Most neighbors stayed away or in their homes.
Stay with KSL.com, KSL 5 and KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM for updates on this developing story.
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Story compiled with contributions from Randall Jeppesen, Shara Park , Sam Penrod and Mary Richards.
UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9235186
Deputy fatally shot; police searching for 2 men
January 5, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY -- The search of a Salt Lake City home did not turn up the man wanted for gunning down a deputy Tuesday morning. Officers have cleared a containment area near 1100 West and 300 South but continue their manhunt for the suspect and a person of interest in the case.
Millard County sheriff's Deputy Josie Greathouse Fox was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Delta around 1 a.m. Officers are looking for the suspect, 37-year-old Roberto Miramontes Roman, and 36-year-old Ruben Chavez Reyes, who they call a person of interest.
Search of Salt Lake home completed
Police set up the Salt Lake containment area around 4:30 a.m. after receiving information that Roman may be there. They found his orange Corvette parked outside a home. SWAT teams surrounded the house and a shed, fired tear gas into the shed and searched the house but did not find Roman. They also searched other homes of the suspect's relatives. The containment area now is cleared.
Officers did take a man into custody who may be one of Roman's relatives.
Police also located a 1995 gray Cadillac Deville they believe Roman was driving after the crime. They found it just west of Nephi. Roman may have switched cars and driven the Corvette to Salt Lake City.
Roman is 5 feet 7 inches tall, 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Police consider him armed and dangerous. Records show Roman was arrested several times in the 1990s on drug charges and spent time in the Utah State Prison for it.
Residents in the area were asked to stay in their homes and to report anything suspicious to the Millard County Sheriff's Office at 435-743-5302 or Salt Lake City Police at 801-799-3000.
"If anybody does come into contact with this suspect, call 911. Do not approach him, do not try to talk to him. He's very dangerous. We'll have officers take care of that," said Sgt. Jeff Nigbur of the UHP.
Investigation, traffic stop preceded shooting
The community of Delta is deeply saddened and shocked by the loss of Deputy Fox.
Investigators say she and another deputy were looking into a recent rash of home burglaries and trailer thefts. Deputy Fox initiated a traffic stop just east of Delta on Highway 50 right after 1 a.m. When she approached the car, the driver shot and killed her.
She was wearing a bulletproof vest, but investigators say the bullet struck just above it, near her badge.
She was found with her gun still in its holster, leading investigators to believe she was shot without warning. She also was holding her flashlight.
Millard County Sheriff Robert Dekker explained, "We know that she stopped the vehicle, she called in and identified with a license number with her location. Just a few short minutes later Sgt. Kimball pulled up to the scene. Deputy Fox was lying in the road with a gunshot wound."
Fox died at the scene. The driver fled in a gray 1995 Cadillac Deville with Utah plate 713 PAB.
Sheriff Dekker says Deputy Fox was well-liked in the community and was willing to help whether she was on or off duty. The sheriff said Fox particularly enjoyed and was very successful at working with juvenile cases. She had a positive influence on the youth of the community.
Deputy Fox is survived by her husband and two children. She got into law enforcement later in life and had been on the force for the past five years.
Schools closed
The search for Roman closed two schools and almost disrupted a funeral in Salt Lake City.
People arriving at St Patrick's church on 400 South and Goshen Street were surprised to see all the police cars and barricaded streets.
"It's kind of scary to see the street blocked off like that," said one woman. "It's nerve wracking that things like this happen."
St. Patrick's Church Another man said he assumed the worst when he drove up. "I thought it was a hostage situation or somebody shot, something bad again."
Debbie Prokopis wondered if they would even be able to continue with the funeral.
"I watched the news this morning because we knew we were going to come right here," she said.
The church is a block away from where most of the police activity was happening.
"We've talked to police and they say we are fine to park here and fine to continue with our funeral. Until they tell us otherwise, we are good," Prokopis said.
But Franklin Elementary and Guadalupe schools were both closed because of all the police activity. Most neighbors stayed away or in their homes.
Stay with KSL.com, KSL 5 and KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM for updates on this developing story.
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Story compiled with contributions from Randall Jeppesen, Shara Park , Sam Penrod and Mary Richards.
UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)
