The last thing Provo Police officer Joseph Shinners did before heading off to work for the final time was “snuggle” with his 20-month-old son, Logan.
Shinners widow, Kaylyn, recalled the man she met in junior high and later married at his funeral service Saturday, a week after he was killed while apprehending a fugitive in the parking lot of a Bed Bath and Beyond in Orem.
“Joe was the man who went from being scared to have a baby to snuggling our son to sleep every night,” said Kaylyn Shinners. “That's the last thing he did before he before he went to work Saturday night.