On the day when Tremonton’s community was supposed to line the streets for the all horse parade as part of the Box Elder County Fair, the area’s residents instead gathered in mourning for two police officers killed in the line of duty.

Two Tremonton-Garland police officers were shot and killed Sunday night after responding to a domestic violence call. Another officer was injured, along with a K-9, but that officer has since been released from the hospital, and the K-9 is reportedly in stable condition.

The town, already adorned with American flags, was lined with residents paying respects on Monday evening with blue ribbons in tow as the procession of Tremonton-Garland Police Sgt. Lee Sorensen, 56, and Officer Eric Estrada, 31, was escorted by a police motorcade.

Members of the small to

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