OFFICER DIES OF GUNSHOT WOUND; FIVE MORE INJURED

OGDEN A city police officer, among six gunned down Wednesday night
while serving a search warrant at 3268 Jackson Ave., has died from
his injuries.

The Ogden Police Department announced around 2 a.m. Thursday that
agent Jared Francom, a husband and father to two young children, died
after seven years of service to the city.

The six wounded officers were members of the Weber-Morgan Narcotics
Strike Force and the Ogden Police Department. They were struck with
bullets shot from what neighbors said sounded like a high-powered rifle.

The suspect, whose name has not been released at this time, was also
shot, and remains at a local hospital under guard with
non-life-threatening injuries.

The other five officers remained hospitalized early Thursday morning
with serious to critical injuries.

There will be a news briefing at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Ogden Public
Safety Building, 2186 Lincoln Ave.

Emergency responders rushed to the scene Wednesday night after a
report of "shots fired" and "officer down."

Officers from Ogden, Riverdale, North Ogden and Utah Highway Patrol responded.

Four of the injured officers were taken to McKay-Dee Hospital, said
McKay-Dee spokesman Chris Dallin. The hospital called in several
off-duty doctors and nurses as part of its mass-casualty protocol, he said.

"They (the staff) are doing a great job."

The strike force had been serving warrants earlier Wednesday evening,
and around 8 p.m., the call came in that at least one officer had been shot.

Police, in anticipation of more gunfire, blocked off the area from
34th Street and Jackson Avenue to 32nd Street to prevent pedestrian
and vehicle traffic from entering. A SWAT team was also on scene.

Police surrounded the suspect in a shed in a backyard on Jackson
Street and secured the residence around 9:12 p.m.

Around 9:45 p.m., Ogden's Assistant Police Chief Marcy Korgenski,
visibly upset, announced in a news conference that the scene was
secured and there was no longer a threat to the community.

Clayton Payne, who lives nearby on the corner of Meadow Drive, said
he heard "three pops" and then rapid gunfire, as though from an
AK-47. He had walked outside to see what was going on when an officer
with a rifle told him to get back inside, he said. Five minutes
later, he walked out onto his driveway.

From there, he said, he could see the backyard of a house on Jackson
Avenue, where officers were telling someone to get down on the ground.

Mat Weinberger, who also lives in the neighborhood, said he was
inside with his baby when he heard three gunshots around 8:45 p.m. He
then heard 30 to 40 other shots. Weinberger's wife took their baby to
the back of the house while he went outside to see what was going on.
He saw paramedics running south on Jackson Avenue.

Both Payne and Weinberger describe the neighborhood as quiet, where
nothing like this happens. Payne said the situation was scary, but
also a little exciting.

The last Ogden Police Department officer shot and killed in the line
of duty was Detective Sgt. Marshall White in 1963, according to odmp.org.

The Ogden City Police Department thanked all of the law enforcement,
fire and EMS agencies in the area, as well as Weber Area Dispatch,
McKay-Dee Hospital and Ogden Regional Medical Center.

"We would like to thank the community for their concern and
outpouring of support for the officers and their families," police
officials said in the Thursday morning statement.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.