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Roy • A Roy man was shot and killed during a late Thursday night drug raid after he allegedly attacked police officers with a golf club.

Todd E. Blair, 45, died at the scene despite paramedics' efforts to save him, said Roy Police Chief Greg Whinham.

The 10 p.m. shooting came as Roy officers and the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force served a search warrant on the home near 5900 South and 2600 West in Roy.

Unspecified amounts of heroin and methamphetamine reportedly were recovered from inside the residence, which had been under surveillance for at least two weeks.

Whinham would not release other details of the incident. Weber County Attorney Dee Smith did not return calls and e-mails seeking comment, but Friday afternoon issued a one-paragraph statement confirming an investigation and saying no further details would be released until that probe is complete.

Neighbors reported hearing as many as three gunshots during the raid. Smith's statement did confirm that Blair was the subject of the search warrant, and that all three shots that struck him were fired from one officer's firearm. He did not identify the officer or the officer's agency.

Blair has a history of drug-related convictions in which he never successfully completed probation or other conditions ordered by the court.

His history begins in 1995 with a third-degree felony forgery charge in Ogden, where Blair pleaded guilty to a lesser class A misdemeanor attempted forgery, according to court records.

He was sentenced to probation, which included 45 days of home confinement and chemical testing. But within months, Blair violated his probation and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Blair apparently stayed out of trouble until June 2000, when he was charged in Davis County with second-degree illegal possession of a controlled substance. He was charged by Davis County prosecutors with a similar offense in February 2001.

Blair's cases were transferred to drug court, where he entered pleas in abeyance and began a drug treatment program that was overseen by the court.

But in June 2003, Blair was again charged with second-degree drug possession, and in January 2004 he was sentenced to a year in jail on all three felony cases. Six months later, he was released from jail to a drug treatment halfway house.

In October 2005, he violated his probation and in January 2006 was sentenced to another year in jail.

Keith Wood, who lives across the street, said the home's owner lives in the basement and rented the upstairs to Blair.

Wood said the owner was not in the house at the time of the raid, which he said began when police announced they had a warrant and kicked in the front door. A short time later, Wood said, he heard shots.

"With my wife and kids, I'm kind of glad they got rid of this guy," he said. "Strangers like that aren't welcome here."

Jacob Van Natter, who lives next door to the targeted house, said he and his wife saw shadowy figures and flashlights darting around the home and then heard "two or three really loud bangs." Soon thereafter, an ambulance pulled up.

He said he and other neighbors found Blair to be a "friendly" man, but always suspected something was amiss. He never seemed to leave for work and had frequent, short-term visitors.

Lindsey Ohlin, another neighbor, said she had been reporting suspicious activity at the home for the past two months. She said she also heard three shots, but at first thought it was a drive-by shooting.

"Everyone knew if something was going on, it would be with that house," she said. "I'm sorry someone died, but I'm relieved and hopefully, this takes care of the problem."

Stephen Hunt contributed to this report.