Vernal police officer and suspect hospitalized after shooting

A Vernal police officer and local resident are both being treated for gunshot wounds at Wasatch Front hospitals after shooting each other late Saturday night.

Vernal Police and the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of an intoxicated man threatening a neighbor with a firearm, according to a release posted to Facebook by the Sheriff’s Office. Police allege the man shot at officers and their vehicles when they arrived and a Vernal City Police Officer was shot “multiple times” trying to get out of his car.

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