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Authorities say two police officers were shot and killed in Utah and a man was taken into custody after bystanders persuaded him to drop the gun.

Two police officers were fatally shot and one deputy was wounded following an incident in Tremonton, Utah, according to police. An officer with the Tremonton Garland Police responded to a report of a disturbance at a home late Sunday night, Aug. 17, according to a news release from the Brigham Police Department obtained by USA TODAY.

The Box Elder County sheriff's deputy injured in Sunday's shooting in Tremonton gave an update on his recovery on social media and thanked the community for its continued support.

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Tremonton residents are reacting to the tragic shooting that left two officers dead and another, along with his K-9, injured Sunday night.

Funeral arrangements have been confirmed for the fallen officers involved in the shooting in Box Elder County Thursday evening.

Officials say more lives would have been lost in the Tremonton shooting if not for the actions two city police officers who were killed and a sheriff’s deputy who was wounded.