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Suspect killed by officers in Taylorsville shootout had previously been shot by police

Anei Gabriel Joker, who died Wednesday, was shot and wounded by Cottonwood Heights police in 2017.

(Paighten Harkins | The Salt Lake Tribune) West Valley City Police Chief Colleen Jacobs addresses reporters during a Dec. 2, 2021, news conference after a A WVCPD detective and Unified police officer were injured during a shootout with a suspect on Dec. 1, 2021. The suspect, 20-year-old Anei Joker, died. The officers are recovering.