UTAH COUNTY — A Utah County Sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot and another one was injured Thursday afternoon.

The first shooting occurred around 1 p.m. on SR-73 in the Eagle Mountain area.

Sgt. Cory Wride
Courtesy Utah County Sheriff’s Office

Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy said Sgt. Cory Wride pulled up behind a vehicle that looked “either abandoned or disabled” on the side of the road.

“From our preliminary investigation, it appears that Sgt. Wride was ambushed at that time and he was shot in the vehicle and he did not survive his wounds,” Tracy said.

A second deputy engaged the suspect in a high-speed chase in the Santaquin area. The deputy was shot near the intersection of Center St. and Main St.

The second officer shot was later identified as 38-year-old Deputy Greg Sherwood, a 13-year law enforcement veteran who had worked as a K-9 handler with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office for two years.

Dep. Greg Sherwood.
Courtesy Utah County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Team, Facebook.

Sherwood sustained a head wound and was taken to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center for surgery.