In Utah, Accused Freeway Shooter's Ex-Colleagues Recall "A Great Guy"

From KSL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City, comes this piece about former Utah state trooper Brian Smith, accused of the Monday-night shootings on LBJ Freeway that left two dead. So happens Smith had given the station's crew a highway tour in his cruiser in March 2007, 14 months...

By Robert Wilonsky

December 24, 2008

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From KSL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City, comes this piece about former Utah state trooper Brian Smith, accused of the Monday-night shootings on LBJ Freeway that left two dead. So happens Smith had given the station's crew a highway tour in his cruiser in March 2007, 14 months months before he resigned from the force following an incident involving guns, pills and drunk driving. --Robert Wilonsky

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

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