SALT LAKE CITY — A man convicted of shooting and killing a security guard at the Sapp Brothers Truck Stop in Salt Lake City nearly 20 years ago had his first parole hearing on Tuesday.
As during his trial, Roger Allen Malcom, on Tuesday, contended to the Board of Pardons and Parole that he was only trying to defend himself on Dec. 26, 2007.
“There was no intent to shoot him. All I was trying to do was to get him to stop attacking (me) and get the hell out of there and go to work,” Malcom told the board. “He attacked me. He assaulted me.”…