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FORT DUCHESNE, Duchesne County — Federal authorities are investigating a shooting involving a tribal wildlife officer.
Very few details about the incident have been released. According to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigations' office in Salt Lake City, a Ute Tribe Fish and Wildlife officer was involved in a shooting on Sunday in Uinta Canyon and a man and woman were taken by medical helicopter to a hospital in Colorado with undisclosed injuries. The wildlife officer was not injured.
The shooting is being investigated by the FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs with assistance from the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI said the investigation was ongoing.
