BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (KSL.com) — The man accused of shooting and killing two police officers in Box Elder County was visibly sobbing throughout his initial appearance in court Friday.

While waiting for his initial hearing to start — which was held remotely — Ryan Michael Bate, 32, of Tremonton, was crying and rocking back and forth in the hearing room at the Weber County Jail.

Bate is accused of opening fire on police officers who had responded to his residence for a domestic violence call. The shots killed Tremonton-Garland police officer Eric Estrada, 31, and Sgt. Lee Sorensen, 56, and injured Box Elder County sheriff’s deputy Mike Allred and his police K-9, Azula, a 3-year-old female Belgian Malinois.

Bate was charged Wednesday with two counts of aggravated murder, a capital offense, a

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