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Peace Officer: Friendly Fire
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Peace Officer, "Dub" Lawrence, a former Sheriff in Utah and now a private investigator, uncovers evidence indicating that a police officer wounded in a 2012 shootout was hit by friendly fire. Police maintain the officer was shot by a suspect who opened fired while being served a drug search warrant.
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