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Bluff Utah evacuated as manhunt drives residents from town
About 300 Bluff residents fled their homes amid a manhunt for three fugitives linked to the slaying of Cortez Colorado officer Dale Claxton. San Juan County deputies set roadblocks as families slept in Lyman Middle School gym in Blanding. Evacuation followed a deputy being wounded by rifle fire. some residents returned with armed escorts to retrieve medicines, while the Red Cross provided blankets and food.
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Blanding
Utah
Bluff
Cortez
Colo
Janet Yanito
Lyman Middle School
San Juan County
Dale Claxton
High Mesa
Red Cross
Utah Jazz
Chicago Bulls
Yanito
San Juan
Mike Lacey
Whitney Lyman