Two Utah police officers were killed and a third was injured along with his service dog when they were fired upon by a suspect inside a home while responding to a domestic disturbance Sunday night. The shooting unfolded in Tremonton, about 70 miles north of Salt Lake City, Brigham City Police Chief Chad Reyes said at a news conference Monday.

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The officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call late Sunday in a neighborhood in Tremonton, Utah, police said.

Box Elder County leaders alternately lauded the Tremonton officers killed in an incident Sunday as heroes and lamented the tragic turn of events.

"It's hard knowing he's gone," Kortney Ferguson, a friend of Sorensen, said. "He was a good friend, a very good part of the community, and he was respectful, kind, and helpful on duty or off. He was always helping someone.

A procession to honor the police officers killed during a disturbance in Tremonton is scheduled for Monday, with the public asked to attend to honor those who lost their lives.

Simms explained, “If you kill a law enforcement officer, a police officer, you can face the death penalty in Utah. If it’s a death when you’re trying to escape custody, if

Two officers from the Tremonton-Garland Police Department were fatally shot, and a third officer and a police service dog from the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office were injured by gunfire, after police responded to a reported domestic violence call in Tremonton on Sunday night.

The deputy who survived after being struck by gunfire during a Tremonton incident that killed two police officers says his "heart breaks" for the "brothers" he lost that night.

Two police officers killed in the line of duty Sunday evening were honored Monday with a procession to escort their bodies to the medical examiner’s office and then back home to northern Utah. A police motorcade escorted the bodies of Tremonton-Garland Police Sgt.