End of Watch: Police Officer Joseph Shinners
Police Officer Joseph Shinners
Provo Police Department, Utah
End of Watch Saturday, January 5, 2019
BIO
Age 29
Tour 3 years
Badge 310
INCIDENT DETAILS
Cause Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Shot and wounded
Police Officer Joseph Shinners was shot and killed in Orem, Utah while attempting to arrest a wanted fugitive at 10:00 pm.
Investigators had received information that the wanted subject was going to be in the area of a retail store at 50 West University Parkway, in Orem.
Members of the Provo Police Department and the Orem Police Department located the subject in the parking lot and attempted to take him into custody.
During the arrest the man opened fire, fatally wounding Officer Shinners. The subject was also wounded in the shootout.
Officer Shinners was transported to Utah Valley Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds shortly before midnight.
Officer Shinners had served with the Provo Police Department for three years. He is survived by his wife and young son.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Chief of Police Richard Ferguson
Provo Police Department
48 S 300 W
Provo, UT 84601
Phone: (801) 852-6210
