TWO COPS MURDERED, ONE COP AND ONE K-9 WOUNDED

By Bob Walsh

 

Officer Eric Estrada (left) and Sergeant Lee Sorensen (right) of the Tremonton-Garland Police Department both tragically lost their lives in the line of duty when responding to a domestic disturbance in Tremonton on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025 

 

 

Police officers of the Tremonton-Garland, Utah police department were responding to a domestic when the situation turned to crap Sunday night.  

The cops got multiple 911 hang-ups from the residence and a single officer arrived and was speaking to someone at the house when a man exited the house with a gun and fired on the single officer.  That officer died.  A sheriff's deputy and a police dog were wounded in their car as they arrived at the scene.  A deputy from Box Elder County was wounded but was released from the hospital the next day.

Bystanders managed to persuade the armed man to give up before approximately 50 cops arrived, including at least one SWAT team.  

Tremonton is a city of about 13,000 people and is a half-way point for many people on the way to Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon and similar destinations.