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Trooper Palmer will be flown to Missoula and is anticipated to arrive at Northstar Jet at approximately 1:30pm. After he arrives in Montana, a motorcade will escort him to his home.
For the first time, Lindsey Palmer, the wife of critically wounded Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer has released a statement from the University Of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City.
The Montana Highway Patrol has released another update on the condition of severely wounded Trooper Wade Palmer, currently being treated at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City.
I get it- we like to drive a little faster here in Big Sky Country. And I still see these people who putter along below the speed limit while driving across town, yet those same people will then speed through a school zone. But here's the deal- if you see someone pulled over on the side of the road, and/or you see flashing lights ahead: take the time, slow down, and move over.
Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer, who was shot multiple times and critically wounded by a suspect on March 15, has regained consciousness in the University Of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, and his condition has been upgraded to stable.
Attorney General Tim Fox, head of the Montana Highway Patrol, spoke with KGVO News for the first time since Trooper Wade Palmer was critically wounded last Thursday night.
Personnel from the Missoula Division of the Montana Highway Patrol are in Salt Lake City, Utah to provide support for wounded trooper Wade Palmer and his family.
"Keep the focus on the victims: Wade Palmer, Shelley Hayes, Casey Blanchard, Julie Blanchard. We won't be sharing his photo; we won't be writing his name. We encourage you to join us in sharing photos of the victims & uplifting stories about them."
On Monday’s Talk Back radio talk show, Colonel Tom Butler, Commander of the Montana Highway Patrol shared news about the condition of Trooper Wade Palmer who was critically wounded by gunfire Thursday night near Evaro.