Flams present from a home on the 3000 block of Mountain Highway in North Ogden following a name out for photographs fired and a construction fireplace on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Colton Bybee
Police reply to a home on the 3000 block of Mountain Highway in North Ogden following a name out for photographs fired and a construction fireplace on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Laura Seitz, Deseret Information
Two individuals are lifeless and one is hospitalized after photographs have been fired and a home caught fireplace in North Ogden on Thursday.
North Ogden police stated officers responded to a house at 3220 Mountain Highway at 6:30 p.m. after neighbors reported listening to as many as 15 photographs fired.
When officers arrived, Police Chief Dirk Quinney stated a person exited the home and began firing at them, prompting officers to fireside again. The suspect was struck by the gunfire and later confirmed lifeless.
After the capturing had ended, officers realized the home had caught on fireplace, Quinney stated. Witnesses captured pictures and video of the burning constructing, displaying smoke and flames capturing out from the roof. Hearth officers say the home was an entire loss, however the fireplace was contained to at least one residence.
Quinney stated two victims have been discovered inside the home: a person who was declared lifeless and a lady who was transported to the hospital with a gunshot wound. The lady is now in secure situation, Quinney stated.
Police are nonetheless investigating the reason for the capturing, however they consider it doubtlessly includes a sibling dispute. The reason for the fireplace can be nonetheless unknown.
Police reply to a home on the 3000 block of Mountain Highway in North Ogden following a name out for photographs fired and a construction fireplace on Thursday, April 27, 2023.
Laura Seitz, Deseret Information