On the evening of January 4, 2012, Ogden police officer Jared Daniel Francom, 30, was part of a Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force team serving a knock-and-announce search warrant at a residence in Ogden, Utah. After officers breached the door because there was no answer, gunfire erupted inside. The occupant, 37-year-old Army veteran Matthew David Stewart, fired a 9mm semi-automatic pistol from a concealed position. Six officers were hit; Francom was struck multiple times, transported to a hospital, and died in the early hours of January 5, 2012.

He was a seven-year veteran of the Ogden Police Department and was survived by his wife and two young daughters.The other five wounded officers suffered injuries described as ranging from serious to critical. Stewart was also wounded, fled to a backyard shed, barricaded himself, and later surrendered. He was charged with aggravated murder, multiple counts of attempted aggravated murder, and cultivation of marijuana; Stewart said he had not heard officers announce themselves and thought he was facing a home invasion.

Does anyone have information about Jared Francom’s life or service that could help fill out his story?