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Best of BTB: The threats are real: 47 officers were killed last year (2019) by gunfire
0Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives on Tuesdays and Fridays. This story is from January 20, 2020. According to the Officer Down Memorial page, 47 police officers were killed in 2019 by gunfire. The first officer to die from gunfire in 2019 was 29-year-old Provo police officer Joseph Shinners. He was shot and killed on January 5, 2019, in Orem, Utah while attempting to arrest a wanted fugitive in a parking lot. During the arrest the man opened fire, fatally wounding Shinners. The suspect, who also was wounded in the…
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