ICYMI: 10 stories from the holiday weekend

On Monday, a 4-year-old boy tried to shoot two Unified police officers who were taking his father into custody, allegedly because the father had told him to.

On Monday, a 4-year-old boy tried to shoot two Unified police officers who were taking his father into custody, allegedly because the father had told him to. (Winston Armani, KSL-TV)


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SALT LAKE CITY — Here are 10 stories you may have missed over the President's Dayweekend. As always, click on the headline to read the full story.

1. 4-year-old shoots at police as officers attempt to arrest father

Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera has never seen anything like it before in her career. On Monday, a 4-year-old boy tried to shoot two Unified police officers who were taking his father into custody, allegedly because the father had told him to.

2. 1 killed, 4 injured in multi-vehicle NSL crash caused by wrong-way driver

A driver who police say caused a multi-vehicle crash while going the wrong way on I-15, killing one person, remained in critical condition Monday.

3. Salt Lake police make arrest in shooting investigation

A man who allegedly fired numerous rounds at another driver on Saturday has been arrested by Salt Lake City police. The other driver was injured by glass from the gunshots and was treated at a hospital before being released later that day.

4. Police to BYU students: Don't make rocket fuel in your dorm

BYU police are reminding students not to make rocket fuel at student housing. The unusual warning was issued after emergency crews responded to a fire alarm at Heritage Halls at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

5. Woman killed while exiting driveway on Redwood Road in West Jordan

A 99-year-old woman from West Jordan was killed Saturday morning while exiting her driveway onto Redwood Road. The woman was in a Cadillac passenger car when a woman driving north in a pickup truck was unable to stop and hit the Cadillac, police said.

The Olympic flame burning in the center of the snowflake-shaped cauldron is on display near the National Stadium at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, in Beijing.
The Olympic flame burning in the center of the snowflake-shaped cauldron is on display near the National Stadium at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, in Beijing. (Photo: Jae C. Hong, Associated Press)

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1. Beijing's Olympics close, ending safe but odd global moment

The terrarium of a Winter Games that has been Beijing 2022 came to its end Sunday, capping an unprecedented Asian Olympic trifecta and sending the planet's most global sporting event off to the West for the foreseeable future, with no chance of returning to this corner of the world until at least 2030.

2. Runnin' Utes get Bay Area sweep following close win against Bears

It's the first time this season Utah (11-16, 4-13 Pac-12) has won back-to-back games in conference play and the first since the team's midseason Sunshine Slam tournament, in which the Utes won the tournament championship.

3. Kuhse control: Saint Mary's holds off BYU to push Cougars to brink

Tommy Kuhse poured in a season-high 25 points, including four 3-pointers, to go along with four assists and three rebounds as Saint Mary's handed BYU its fifth loss in the last seven games 69-64 at UCU Pavilion in Moraga, California.

4. With record-setting crowd, No. 20 BYU women thump Gonzaga to stay unbeaten at home

Shaylee Gonzales stuffed the stat sheet with 21 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals (and just one personal foul), and Paisley Harding added 16 points, seven assists and four rebounds on a Senior Day to remember as No. 20 BYU thumped Gonzaga 63-39 Saturday afternoon in the Marriott Center.

5. Championships handed out in wrestling, swimming

State championships were handed out over the weekend in boys and girls swimming in 5A and 6A, as well as boys and girls wrestling in both classifications.

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Lisi Merkley is a news producer for KSL.com. Prior to joining KSL in May 2021, she was editor in chief of The Daily Universe at Brigham Young University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and Spanish.
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