Show FI Flags gs Fly mast Half-mast for Slain Officer r 4 Alicia Alida Sotuyo News Edit Editor r FLAGS at were we're were flying at mast half-mast early this week for forthe forthe forthe the Salt Lake County deputy sheriff sheriff sheriff she she- riff whose life was claimed in a shoot-out shoot with a state parolee Thursday y Feb 24 at the Granada Apartments located just south of Redwood campus Officer Michael Welker was shot to death by parolee Michael Post after Welker was investigating ing a reported domestic dispute After a whipping pistol-whipping his sisters sisters sisters sis sis- sis sis- boyfriend in a fight Post took cover in another sisters sister's apartment At about 9 am a.m. sheriff officers backed up by police cers attempted to enter the second- second floor apartment Post apparently then shot nine rounds from a stolen handgun through the door and hit Welker The bullet entered between the front and back sections of Welkers Welker-'s proof bullet-proof vest and pierced his heart Welker was taken by airlift to the U of U hospital and pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- dead at about 1030 am a.m. 1 S rt- rt ry k Horizon photo Onta ez John Earl whipped pistol-whipped victim Sergeant Larry Marx was shot in inthe inthe inthe the abdomen below his vest and was hospitalized Post killed himself himself himself him him- self shortly after police said officers Ted Fisher and Scott Baker backing Welker and Marx were given time off to handle handle handle han han- dle the trauma from the incident They were not Sergeant JoAnne Esquibel Esquibel Esquibel Es- Es went to the Eccles Early Childhood Development Lab School which is located across a residential street from the apartments apartments apartments apart apart- ments to secure the facility and safety of children and staff Officials Officials Officials said there was no immediate danger to the children or staff |