When police officers responded to a disturbance call at a home in Tremonton, Utah, on Sunday, a man there immediately started shooting at them. Two officers were killed, a sheriff's deputy was wounded and a police dog was also hospitalized with injuries.

It was an ambush.

Mayor Lyle Holmgren said the suspect's "intention was to cause harm to as many police officers and public servants as possible."

The shooting was the latest in a growing trend of ambush attacks against police officers nationwide. Shootings against police have jumped 60% since 2018, according to data tracked by the Fraternal Order of Police , a law enforcement member organization that's been tracking the shootings since 2015 — and the percentage of ambush-style attacks is steadily growing.

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