3 police officers shot, wounded in Utah; man taken into custody

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Three constabulary officers were injured successful a shooting successful a bluish Utah metropolis and a antheral was taken into custody, constabulary said.

The officers were responding to a disturbance telephone precocious Sunday successful a vicinity successful Tremonton. The grade of their injuries and their conditions weren't instantly known.

"Upon arrival, they instantly began taking fire," Police Detective Crystal Beck of neighboring Brigham City told reporters. "They requested further units. And past stopped answering their radio."

Beck said erstwhile further constabulary arrived, "they were capable to find the taxable of the shooting and instrumentality him into custody."

Beck confirmed that aggregate agencies, including a SWAT team, from 3 counties responded to the scene.

Beck said she did not person the suspect's sanction but said helium is successful custody astatine the Box Elder County Jail. She said determination was nary menace to the public.

Beck said the officers were injured but had nary accusation connected their conditions. She said nary citizens were injured.

"I deliberation it leaves a large interaction erstwhile immoderate serviceman is progressive successful thing similar this," Beck said. "It affects not lone the officers present successful our assemblage but besides each implicit Utah, each implicit the nation."

Tremonton, which has astir 10,000 people, is astir 75 miles northbound of Salt Lake City.

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