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

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

The man arrested in the fatal shooting of two police officers in Tremonton was previously accused and criminally charged in domestic violence cases, according t

Garland and Tremonton unified their departments, but like many other smaller departments, there are unique challenges they face.

"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.

Utahns are shaken up in the aftermath of the double fatal shooting of Sgt. Lee Sorenson and Officer Eric Estrada of the Tremonton Garland Police Department.Many

Tremonton • Northern Utah law enforcement leaders said more people would have died in Sunday night’s shooting in Tremonton if not for the actions of two city police officers who were killed and a sheriff’s deputy who was wounded.

What was meant to be a day of celebration has become one of heartbreak, as the community lines the streets to honor Sgt. Sorensen and Officer Estrada.