Man, 27, accused of killing police officer and wounding another in violent shootout dies after being shot by cops

A 27-year-old man accused of killing one deputy and wounding another in a violent shoot-out in Utah has died. Jose Angel Garcia Juaregui died in hospital yesterday after being shot by law enforcement officials on Thursday afternoon in Juab County, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. The Salt Lake County man was accused of opening fire on a two-lane highway, then clashing with officers during a 50-mile chase that ended with him wounded and arrested. The officer who was killed, Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Cory Wride, was shot while sitting behind the wheel of his police vehicle. He leaves behind a wife and five children.

Wride had pulled up to a truck that appeared disabled near the town of Eagle Mountain, about 35 miles south of Salt Lake City. He spoke with the suspect and apparently was using his computer to do a background check when the truck’s back window slid open and the suspect opened fire, according to Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy. The gunman shot and injured a second Utah County deputy, 38-year-old Greg Sherwood, near Santaquin, more than 30 miles into the chase. Sherwood remains in a critical condition with a head wound, but he is expected to recover, the sheriff said. The gunman took off again, driving south on Interstate 15, but he crashed his car and hijacked another at gunpoint, Tracy said. The man shot at other motorists who unwittingly stopped to help him, but he didn’t hit any of them, the sheriff said.

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