officials identified the suspect as raplh stanley elrod. investigators say elrod was upset about neighbors riding 4 wheelers in the area and confronted them with a weapon. authorities don't believe the officers were targeted... a utah officer is dead after being hit by a car sunday morning. officials say officers witnessed three peop complex and stealing a car from the parking lot. the suspects took off and a police chased them. 25-year-old cody brotherson was outside his squad -- trying to put down tire spikes when he was hit by the suspects' car. the suspects were later taken into custody. brotherson's body was carried from the scene in a procession. he's the first west valley city police officer in department history to die in the line of duty. police in new jersey have a deadly stabbing case a woman and two children were found stabbed to death in a home saturday in essex county. three others were also wounded. many of the victims are family members...but their exact relationship is not known at this time. police are still investigating