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ST. GEORGE — The last time Dean Gladman talked to his father by phone, he told him he was coming back into town and would take his son, wife and grandchildren to dinner that Friday.
His dad never made it to that dinner. Two days before, on Aug. 3, Raymond Gladman, known as "Ray" by his family and friends, died at the age of 83 after a confrontation with St. George police and Utah Highway Patrol at the Utah Port of Entry along northbound I-15. As the investigation into the incident continues, Dean Gladman talked to St. George News about his father.
The younger Gladman said his father had been diagnosed with dementia and was in the process of moving back from Sedona, Arizona, to be near him and his family in Bellingham, Washington.
"He was on his way to my house," he said.
Gladman said he questioned the amount of force used in the confrontation, which included a SWAT team and dozens of police officers after a report that his father was driving erratically and had a gun.
