tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post3569602414430198846..comments2024-03-26T16:11:40.327-07:00Comments on Behind The Blue Wall: [UT] Firefighter Woods' 2nd domestic violence standoff will be his lastBehind The Blue Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429113203939514642noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-47356493456964201152016-05-09T19:29:13.518-07:002016-05-09T19:29:13.518-07:00After five minutes of being being incompacitated b...After five minutes of being being incompacitated by multiple percussive blasts, Brian was shot in the head and killed by a deputy. Now how was he a threat? And to who?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-89490659559524670062015-09-27T14:36:57.166-07:002015-09-27T14:36:57.166-07:00Brian's father in law made a career out of rec...Brian's father in law made a career out of reconstructing crime scenes and did so in Brian's case. The news report that Brian inflicted the fatal wound on himself is false. He had already let go of any firearm, was already injured and on the ground before he was fatally shot. His father in law was Sheriff Dub Lawrence. He is just now releasing a documentary film called "Peace Officer" about his investigation of Brian's death and the deaths of many others in SWAT style circumstances. The film started playing at the Tower on September 25, 2015. It will also be playing at the Gateway starting October 2. I urge everyone to see it.sb10https://www.blogger.com/profile/01391069316427376726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-10402985084175160832012-07-24T18:15:47.726-07:002012-07-24T18:15:47.726-07:00Brian worked for me at the SLC airport 17 yrs ago....Brian worked for me at the SLC airport 17 yrs ago. He was NON VIOLENT and Balanced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-31172992809418996242008-10-15T01:45:00.000-07:002008-10-15T01:45:00.000-07:00Firefighter shot in standoff threatened police in ...Firefighter shot in standoff threatened police in the past, report shows<BR/>By Nate Carlisle ncarlisle@sltrib.com<BR/>The Salt Lake Tribune<BR/>10/10/2008 07:28:06 PM MDT<BR/><BR/>Posted: 7:28 PM- Months before he died during a September standoff with police, Brian P. Wood said death would be better than jail, according to police reports released Friday. <BR/><BR/>Reports obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune describing a March episode of domestic violence claim Wood said he was willing to take police "out." <BR/><BR/>Farmington police Chief Wayne Hansen on Friday declined to say whether Wood's prior statements influenced the SWAT action in September, except to say: "We were deeply concerned for everyone's safety." <BR/><BR/>On the morning of Sept. 22, Wood - a 37-year-old part-time Farmington firefighter - had a dispute with his wife, fired a gunshot into a trailer and ignited a standoff with police. Twelve hours later, a SWAT team approached firing tear gas and pepper balls. <BR/><BR/>Wood's family said he had been stung by a Taser and was on the ground when an officer fired one rifle shot through Wood's head, killing him. Police have said Wood fired a pistol shot about the same time the officer fired. The Utah attorney general's office is investigating the case and both it and Farmington police have released few details. <BR/><BR/>A March 11 dispute between Wood and his wife started as she was preparing for a business trip to California. <BR/><BR/>Wood saw her packing bikinis and accused her of planning to have an affair, police reports say. She told police Wood twisted her arm behind her back then forcibly removed her wedding ring from her hand. <BR/><BR/>She left their home wrapped in a blanket and went across the street to the Farmington police department. <BR/><BR/>Police went to the home but Wood would not answer the door. When reached by telephone, Wood said he would not come outside because he did not want to go to jail, reports say. <BR/><BR/>An officer arriving at that scene told colleagues Wood had, at an earlier time, said he would "take some officer's (sic) out," according to reports. The alleged statement caused police talking to Wood to take positions safely away from the house. <BR/><BR/>Police made contact with Wood again and he suggested he was contemplating suicide. Wood also said it would be easier to "take a bullet" than go to jail, according to reports. <BR/><BR/>A police negotiator persuaded Wood to surrender about six hours after the assault. Wood later entered a plea in abeyance to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. Hansen said police determined Wood was incorrect about his wife planning an affair. <BR/><BR/>Officers confiscated 16 guns from Wood's home following the March confrontation, including the two handguns Wood had during the September standoff. Hansen said police gave the guns to Wood's father a few weeks before the September episode. <BR/><BR/>Wood's father and brother have criticized the police's use of force against Wood and their refusal to allow friends or family to speak with him during the September standoff. Wood's family did not return calls Friday. <BR/><BR/>http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10692155Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-75528251103231384312008-09-24T12:50:00.000-07:002008-09-24T12:50:00.000-07:00What I posted on the Forced Suicide blog: cw said....What I posted on the Forced Suicide blog: <BR/><BR/>cw said...<BR/><BR/> It's not law enforcement's fault. Police get killed at simple traffic stops so staging a 2nd standoff Brian was taking his life into his own hands.<BR/><BR/> As far as his fear that he'd be beaten so badly, was he beaten after he did this last time? I see no mention of police abuse.<BR/><BR/> It's hard for friends or family, but there are predictable consequences for some actions and I'd bet Brian knew during those TWELVE HOURS that death was one of the possible results as the number of officers continued to swell.<BR/><BR/> We all know we can't do what Brian did, sit in a sea of cops with a gun. He could have got shot if he sneezed.<BR/><BR/> It was mighty big of the fire department to still send him into the public as a public servant after the first standoff in light of the times, and I wonder what they had in place to gauge his mental health along the way.<BR/><BR/> I know it's hard, but Brian made his own man-choices. Blaming police for not letting his people woo him out of this again is denying Brian credit for how he orchestrated the end of his story.<BR/><BR/> The healing should have been intensely before this incident. The pastor said, "He just got into a dark place and didn't know how to get out."<BR/><BR/> I believe that's true. But sometime between his two standoffs would have been the time for healing. Not at that scene Brian choreographed.<BR/><BR/> Brian was defiant, armed, not cooperative, and started his entanglement with police by saying "Come get me." In my world, if you want to live, that's the wrong thing to say.<BR/><BR/> Maybe some of you are too close to see that there is a good chance that he had a goal<BR/><BR/> and he achieved it.<BR/><BR/> All of you are in my prayers. None of this can be easy. It's awful for everyone to lose the person they love, to lose him so violently, and seemingly so needlessly. Seemingly.Behind The Blue Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429113203939514642noreply@blogger.com