Salt Lake police officer shoots bystander who he mistook for suspect
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Investigators confirmed Monday that a man shot and wounded by a Unified Police officer — who mistook the man for the suspect who had just shot the lawman — was an innocent bystander who was washing his car when bullets began flying over the weekend.
"He was uninvolved (in the shooting) and is not a suspect in any criminal activity," said UPD Lt. Lex Bell. "He apparently was just there washing his car."
The wounded man was identified by his family as 30-year-old Dustin Evans.
... Evans — who was apparently running for cover Friday night when he was shot — suffered initially life-threatening injuries to an arm and a leg from the two rounds fired by Officer Cory Tsouras, but his condition has improved steadily since and he is expected to recover.
... Next, Tsouras saw a man — Evans — trying to get inside the building at the car wash. Believing he was the same man who had just shot him, he fired twice. Evans' leg wound was the most serious; officers likely saved his life as they immediately rendered first aid, including application of a tourniquet, the sheriff's office stated.
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