Salt Lake County district attorney finds police officers justified to use deadly force in two 2018 shootings, one where a man was killed

(Photo courtesy Salt Lake County Jail) Abe Martinez, 44, was killed by police after he killed his grandmother and wounded his step-grandfather.

(Photo courtesy Salt Lake County Jail) Abe Martinez, 44, was killed by police after he killed his grandmother and wounded his step-grandfather.

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