Breaking news in the 1/4/12 Ogden Shooting story.
Here's the lede from the Standard-Examiner's 5:30 p.m. story:
OGDEN -- The Weber County Attorney's Office has charged Matthew David Stewart with aggravated murder and eight other felonies in connection with the shooting last week that killed Ogden Police Officer Jared Francom and wounded five other officers.Read the full S-E story here:
There's more from the Salt Lake Tribune's Nate Carlisle:
The gist of it? Weber County Attorney Dee Smith reportedly alleges, among other things, that the suspect, Matthew David Stewart, " fired on police "from a concealed position at close range with a Beretta 9mm semi-automatic pistol, and that, according to the affidavit supporting the arrest warrant that Stewart's actions were premeditated, as set forth in this hearsay paragraph:
17. Since the shooting of January 4, 2012 officers investigating this case have learned that the defendant had previously made statements to an acquaintance during the summer of 2011 that if police attempted to stop the maijuana [sic] cultivation he would "go out in a blaze of glory and shoot to kill."We'll continue to update this story as the situation develops.
So much for the rumors however that Stewart had been armed with a dreaded AK-47, with a thirty-round magazine, however.
