I suspect the tragic police shooting in Tremonton, Utah has made national news, and most of you have heard about it already. It happened only a few blocks from my home.
Two officers killed and one wounded, along with his K9, while responding to repeated silent 911 calls. The neighbors managed to talk the shooter into stopping the shooting, and surrender to police.
I don't personally know these officers, but I suspect I have may have casually met them at one time or another, as the food pantry that I volunteer at shares a parking lot with the police station, and from time to time the officers will come into the pantry to talk to the pantry manager.
The local Boy Scout troop have lined the street in front of my house with American flags, and someone has came and put blue ribbons on all the trees lining the street, in preparation for a procession that will happen later today, to take the fallen officers from the medical examiners office to the mortuaries where services will be held.
My neighbors heard the gun shots last night, but my wife and I missed them. Perhaps the tv was turned up too loud for the movie we were watching. But the sirens were one after another as officers from surrounding communities all responded to assist. It's reported that between 40-50 officers were at the scene.
Tremonton is a farming community of about 10k, so many of us know someone involved in the incident. So it has really impacted the community.
Please remember the families of these fallen officers, and also the family of the shooter. I am sure they are all suffering.
Two officers killed and one wounded, along with his K9, while responding to repeated silent 911 calls. The neighbors managed to talk the shooter into stopping the shooting, and surrender to police.
I don't personally know these officers, but I suspect I have may have casually met them at one time or another, as the food pantry that I volunteer at shares a parking lot with the police station, and from time to time the officers will come into the pantry to talk to the pantry manager.
The local Boy Scout troop have lined the street in front of my house with American flags, and someone has came and put blue ribbons on all the trees lining the street, in preparation for a procession that will happen later today, to take the fallen officers from the medical examiners office to the mortuaries where services will be held.
My neighbors heard the gun shots last night, but my wife and I missed them. Perhaps the tv was turned up too loud for the movie we were watching. But the sirens were one after another as officers from surrounding communities all responded to assist. It's reported that between 40-50 officers were at the scene.
Tremonton is a farming community of about 10k, so many of us know someone involved in the incident. So it has really impacted the community.
Please remember the families of these fallen officers, and also the family of the shooter. I am sure they are all suffering.
