A federal agent who in March shot and killed a man near a Sandy TRAX station — who he stumbled on while trying to track down a different fugitive — was legally justified in using deadly force, the Salt Lake County district attorney ruled Wednesday.
“The issue isn’t that it was the wrong person,” said District Attorney Sim Gill. “The question is: Were the officers’ lives put in danger?”
Resident Agent in Charge Brian Embley of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was with two other officers on March 13 searching for Brian Solis, who was wanted on a federal warrant.