[qlajlu]

Video of car chase apprehending suspect http://www.kutv.com/video/?id=26823@kutv.dayport.com

Story http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_176100921.html


Jun 25, 2007 8:46 am US/Mountain

Fatal Shooting At Univ. Of Utah Medical Center

(KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY A corrections officer has been shot and killed by an inmate receiving care at the University of Utah Orthopaedic Center.

At about 7:45 a.m. Monday, an inmate accompanied by a corrections officer arrived at the center to for medical treatment. While they were in an exam room, some type of altercation took place and the suspect was able to get the officer’s gun.

The officer was shot and died from his injuries.

The suspect, identified as Curtis Allgier, fled the hospital and carjacked a blue Ford Explorer. Police chased the suspect for several minutes throughout the valley reaching speeds up to 100 miles per hour. Officers were able to spike the tires of the suspect’s vehicle.

The chase ended at an Arby’s at 1700 South and Redwood Road when the suspect drove up to the drive through window and jumped inside the store.

At least one shot was fired inside the restaurant. One employee was struck by something in the head and neck, according to Sgt. Rick Brede. It is unclear if he was hit by gunfire.

Officers apprehended Allgier and took him into custody. He was found hiding inside the restaurant.

Alliger has an extensive criminal past and is affilitated with a white supremist gang, according to authorities. Recently named public enemy #1, he was arrested in November of 2006 when he was found hiding in a hotel.

[tmajors]

Quick good google search came up with this hit over at the smoking gun

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1103061allgier1.html

[KMBRTAC45]

Recently named public enemy #1, he was arrested in November of 2006

Having worked in corrections (AzDOC), there is no way an inmate with that high a threat level should have had only 1 Officer escorting him. I have escorted maximum security inmates to the hospitol before and have NEVER had less than 2 officers present.

[damien]

This guy should have been a candidate for an exploding collar ala Running Man.

I love his tatoos. :what:

[STW]

My daughter lives just down the hill from there and my other daughter is moving onto the main access street to the med ctr this week. This will help them feel that more confident. Of course they are realistic. The older one kept a shot up range target hanging on her refrigerator as a visual statement for visiters. Sometimes the people of happy valley need reminding that there are some truly evil people out there. It's a shame an officer died to send the message.

[elrod]

Sure to stand out in a crowd! With some of those other tattooed guys, you don't have to wonder how they feel about you, either!:barf:

[qlajlu]

Sure to stand out in a crowd! With some of those other tattooed guys, you don't have to wonder how they feel about you, either!
Oh, YEAH...this guy is a clean one-owner for sure!

[Shane333]

Prayers sent for the victim's family, in this their time of mourning.

I hope the neo-nazi murderer fries for this.:mad:

[tmajors]

I hope the neo-nazi murderer fries for this

Doesn't Utah still use firing squads as a possible death sentence?

[CountGlockula]

KMBRTAC45 Quote:
Having worked in corrections (AzDOC), there is no way an inmate with that high a threat level should have had only 1 Officer escorting him. I have escorted maximum security inmates to the hospitol before and have NEVER had less than 2 officers present.

Two words: Understaffed and underpaid.

I hope that perp rots in jail and never sees daylight. Sorry for being un-High Road.

[qlajlu]

Doesn't Utah still use firing squads as a possible death sentence?

From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_by_firing_squad
In Utah, the firing squad (a five-man team) consisted of volunteer police officers from the county in which the conviction of the offender took place. A law passed on March 15, 2004 banned execution by firing squad in Utah, but since that specific law was not retroactive, four inmates on Utah's death row could still have their last requests granted. As of 2006, Idaho and Oklahoma are the only other states in which execution by firing squad is legally available (as backup methods only; both states use lethal injection as their primary methods of execution).
And that is really too bad!

[kd7nqb]

Thoughts and prayers for the family of the officer. Looking at this guy I assure you if I saw him on the street I would have heightened my awareness. Call it profiling but its true. Anyway, I wonder if instances like this will be enough to finally get the right level of staffing for those escorts.

[Crunker1337]

I don't believe in the death sentence... but is life behind bars, no hope of parole, no visits much better?

[atomicferret]

I don't believe in the death sentence... but is life behind bars, no hope of parole, no visits much better?

I DO believe in capital punishment and this slime is a prime candidate.

[Kali Endgame]

Didn't something similar happen last year? Prisoner had to change clothes before going in front of the jury, over powered the deputy sheriff(?), killed her, shot another cop, and took off.

My condolances to the family.

[Optical Serenity]

RIP Officer.

[qlajlu]

Having worked in corrections (AzDOC), there is no way an inmate with that high a threat level should have had only 1 Officer escorting him. I have escorted maximum security inmates to the hospitol before and have NEVER had less than 2 officers present.
Can you say, "COMPLACENCY?" It would seem that Utah's protocol is one officer per prisoner, unless there is some type of (undefined) safety concern.

Here is a press conference (http://www.kutv.com/video/?id=26828@kutv.dayport.com) where the Utah State Prison's protocol for prisoner transportation is "explained" by a high ranking official from the prison.

The officer killed had 22 years with the UDOC and was 60 years old. He also has a son working for UDOC.

[ArfinGreebly]

Well, I think rehab and redemption are pretty much out for this guy.

I'm afraid we're going to have to institute "Ad Hoc Firing Squad" protocol.

The more I contemplate this, the more "High Road" points I lose.

God, take care of his family.

And . . . take care . . . of this sociopathic incorrigible.

I think I'll stop before I begin to fantasize about termination methods.

[pacodelahoya]

The policy when I was a co was two officers in ER, one if admitted, two if being treansported and three appendages locked to the bed at all times if medically feasible. You wouldn't believe some of the things that the doctors and nurses would say to us co's when the saw the inmates shackled like that.

Things along the line of I wouldn't treat an animal like that etc. Even had a Doctor refuse to see the inmate unless we took all shackles off. We just took him back to jail.

[KelVarnson]

I didn't hear about this aspect of the story until just now. Apparently it was a 59-year-old citizen that took him down and got his gun away:

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_6225793

[elkhuntingfool]

I was downtown at a doctors visit a few miles away when all this happened. My wife called me as I was headed that way and we talked about it. Then I reminded her why I carry. She is starting to see the light. It's very unfortunate that incidents like this increase CCW permits here in Utah where everyone assumes nothing happens.

[armoredman]

I am going to use this incident as a training tool for staff I have to send on medical transports.
RIP brother.

[Hutch]

RIP for the CO. I'm sure he will be mourned.

That being said...

Having seen this guys tats, (even his EARLOBES, fergawdsakes), how in the world can he possible expect to be able to remain at large? He may as well wear a siren and a sandwich-board sign saying "Prison Bait". I realize that all AB's have screw loose somewhere, but this guy's too stupid for words.

[KMBRTAC45]

Quote:CountGlockula
Two words: Understaffed and underpaid

You are correct. AzDOC is as understaffed as ANY DOC in the country, but sometimes you just have to send 2 officers for EVERYONES safety.

Quote:qlajlu
Can you say, "COMPLACENCY?" It would seem that Utah's protocol is one officer per prisoner, unless there is some type of (undefined) safety concern.

This guy is the epitomy of a safety concern. He was named public enemy no. 1 how much more DANGEROUS does one need to be:banghead:?

[Henry Bowman]

Apparently it was a 59-year-old citizen that took him down and got his gun awayYes, a very positive aspect to the story! Hope he got a free Arby-Q and a Moutain Dew before "going back to work."

[qlajlu]

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_177132335.html

Jun 26, 2007 11:21 am US/Mountain

A Utah prisoner accused of killing a corrections officer during a medical appointment tried to shoot a fast-food employee at the end of a high-speed chase with police but the weapon didn't fire, authorities said.

Documents filed to support the arrest of Curtis Allgier show there could have been more victims Monday after guard Stephen Anderson, 60, was shot in the head with his own gun while alone with the inmate at a University of Utah clinic.

Inside an Arby's restaurant, Allgier held the gun in the air and ordered customers and employees to the floor, Salt Lake City police Det. Mark Knighton wrote.

Two employees tried to wrestle the weapon away, but Allgier pointed the gun at one and pulled the trigger, the report states.

"The gun had a malfunction and didn't fire,'' Knighton wrote. "Allgier then hit both employees with the gun.''

A 59-year-old customer then snatched the gun from Allgier, who was subsequently arrested while hiding in a manager's office at Arby's.

[qlajlu]

Interview video http://www.kutv.com/video/?id=26842@kutv.dayport.com

Story http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_176224442.html


Jun 25, 2007 8:43 pm US/Mountain

(KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY Monday's tragic events could have been much worse if it weren't for a special customer inside a fast food restaurant.

Eric Fullerton may look small but he's got a big heart and apparently some big muscles.

"I didn't have time to think about being scared," said Fullerton. "I wrestled the gun from him. I took the gun from him."

When Curtis Allgier jumped out of a Ford Explorer and into the Arby's at 1700 south and Redwood Road Eric Fullerton didn't flinch.

He didn't know police suspected Allgier of killing a corrections officer.

He just knew he wasn't going to let him kill anybody else.

"I just instinctively did what needed to be done. He was going to kill that guy, and I wasn't going to let him kill him," says Fullerton.

"Everybody's calling me a hero," Fullerton said. "I'm not a hero; I just did what I had to do."

The suspect, Curtis Allgier, is about three times bigger than Fullerton and he had a gun and a knife.

In fact Allgier actually cut Fullerton's throat but that didn't stop this Vietnam veteran from ending a deadly day.

"I can't tell you how I did it or what I did," Fullerton said. "I don't know if it was adrenaline or if I had a guardian angel watching over me. I have no idea."

He says, "I'm just glad the other guys alive and everybody got out safe."
Fullerton reportedly was a Ranger during Vietnam.

[Langenator]

What I really love is the scumbag's family saying things like "You shouldn't rush to judgement. We don't know what happened in that room."

Um, two people went into the MRI room. One came out, with the other guy's gun. I think we can figure it out.

Apparently the prisoner's metal cuffs had to be removed for the MRI. I'm guessing that instead of putting the flexcuffs on first, then removing the metal ones, the CO took the metal cuffs off first.

Fullerton was a Ranger during Vietnam.

"Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to drive on to the Ranger objective, and complete the mission, though I be the lone survivor."

If he was, indeed, a Ranger, I hope the Regimental commander gives him at least a coin and a handshake. And buy him a beer, if he's not Mormon.

[qlajlu]

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[DouglasW]

My sympathies to the CO's family. I agree the courageous bystander is the one high-point of this entire tragedy (http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_176100921.html):

Eric Fullerton a 59-year-old Salt Lake City resident is credited with wrestling the gun away from Allgier. He says the gunman threatened others inside the restaurant.

“He was going to kill that guy and I wasn’t going to let him kill him,” he said.

We need more of that thinking in this country...not less.

[qlajlu]

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