SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A Sheriff's Office deputy and K-9 officer have returned home after being shot during a deadly shooting that took the lives of two police officers.

Shortly after two police officers were shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance in Tremonton Sunday evening, Deputy Mike Allred with the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office responded with his K-9 partner, Azula.

During the altercation, both Allred and Azula were shot and later taken to the hospital. Police announced that both had returned home in stable condition Tuesday.

"A K-9 handler is closer with their dog than anything else," Art Lopez, a Sergeant with Utah Police Officers Standards and Training, said.

Sgt. Lopez could not speak to the events that transpired during the Tremonton shooting but did

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