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Christopher James Roskelley, 38, was shot and killed by police in the late afternoon of September 9, 2014, outside a residence at 147 N. Harrison Boulevard in Ogden, Utah. The shooting followed a weeklong probe after Roskelley was identified as a suspect in a parking-lot shooting that had critically injured another man at a Rite Aid. Officers from a gang investigation unit were watching the home and moved in as Roskelley pulled into the driveway in a white car. Police say he was armed and multiple officers fired; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Neighbors reported hearing as many as seven gunshots. A witness across the street described officers swarming the vehicle, a man on the ground, and a passenger who tried to flee being taken into custody; that passenger was later released. The Weber County Attorney’s Office opened an investigation into the officer-involved shooting and Harrison Boulevard was closed for hours during the response.

Roskelley had a youthful minor record and a more recent conviction for forging a prescription. Those who knew him recalled a kind, humorous, intelligent and hardworking man who graduated with honors from Roy High School, served in the U.S. Marine Corps and attended Weber State University on an academic scholarship.

Did anyone in Ogden witness Roskelley arriving at the Harrison Boulevard home that afternoon or the confrontation that followed?