Utah Mayor, Deployed to Afghanistan, Is Killed in Attack

Maj. Gen. Jefferson S. Burton, center, address the media in Draper, Utah. on Nov. 4, 2018. Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP

The mayor of a Utah city was killed in the Afghan capital Kabul on Nov. 3 in an apparent insider attack, the state’s lieutenant governor said.

The death of Brent Taylor, mayor of North Ogden and a member of the Utah National Guard, was confirmed by Utah Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox, who posted a tribute on Facebook.