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fives. Then they broke down Stewart’s door with a battering ram.
The police claim to have
knocked and announced themselves several times. But Stewart said he never heard them. He
worked the graveyard shift at a
local Walmart and was asleep at
the time. Awaking to the sound
of armed men storming into his
house, he jumped out of bed, naked, threw on a bathrobe and
grabbed his 9-millimeter Beretta.
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Who shot first remains in dispute. But after exchanging fire
with the officers for about 20
minutes, Stewart dove out a bedroom window and attempted to
take shelter in the shed behind his
house. The police opened fire on
the shed, “lighting it up,” as one
officer later put it. Stewart, who
had been shot in the arm and the
hip, crawled out and surrendered.
One of the members of the strike
force, Jared Francom, 30, had been
shot seven times, and died at the
scene. Stewart was arrested, taken
to the hospital for his injuries, and
Michael
Stewart
holds a photo
of his son,
Matthew,
who was
accused of
shooting six
police officers
and killing
one during a
drug raid in
Ogden.