TREMONTON, Utah —

Two police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call were shot and killed in Utah, and a man was taken into custody after bystanders persuaded him to drop the gun, authorities said Monday.

A sheriff's deputy and a police dog were shot and wounded in their car as they arrived to help at a neighborhood in Tremonton on Sunday night. The deputy from Box Elder County was released from the hospital on Monday, and the dog was hospitalized in fair condition, police said.

"These officers are definitely heroes," Police Chief Chad Reyes in neighboring Brigham City said at a news conference Monday morning.

"We really don't know what we're walking into," he said of domestic disturbance calls. "And they are one of the most dangerous events that we can be dispatched on."

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