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MURRAY — A man was shot and wounded by police Wednesday after officers say he shot someone in a fight at a bar.

The incident began just after midnight with a confrontation at the Barbary Coast Saloon, 4242 S S. State, when a man at the bar was shot in the leg, Unified Police Lt. Lex Bell said.

Police were informed of the shooting and told that the two men involved had fled the area in a silver car and noted the license plate number, Bell said.

A West Jordan police officer heading home at the end of his shift recognized the car when he pulled up alongside it on I-215, Bell said. He followed the vehicle until it parked in the driveway of a home at 2456 W. Dutch Draw Dr. (4205 South).

An "armed confrontation" occurred between the officer and the two men, leading the officer to shoot one man in the torso, Bell said. He was transported to the hospital, but was conscious and speaking to officers when he was taken by paramedics, according to Bell.

He was later listed in serious condition but stable.

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Unified police will investigate the Barbary Coast shooting while the West Jordan Police Department will bring in a separate agency to review the officer-involved shooting, Bell said.

West Jordan Police Lt. Richard Bell said the officer was not injured during the confrontation.

Details about what prompted the officer to shoot the man were not released Wednesday.

The names of the man shot at the bar, the man shot by police and the officer have not yet been released.

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