COMMUNITY AND THE MEMORIES THEY SHARED. END QUOTE. AND NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE RALLYING AROUND FALLEN DEPUTY LOGAN UTZ FAMILY AS WELL. IT’S DEFINITELY BEEN A VERY HARD WEEKEND. HEATHER SIZEMORE SAYS WHEN SHE LEARNED THAT TWO CARROLL COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE SHOT, ONE FATALLY, SHE KNEW AS THE WIFE OF A DEPUTY HERSELF. SHE COULDN’T JUST STAND BY. WELL, IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN ONE OF OUR HUSBANDS. I MEAN, MY HUSBAND WORKED THE NIGHT BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. MY HUSBAND WENT IN THE NIGHT OF THIS INCIDENT. ALL OF OUR HUSBANDS WENT IN. SO SHE LAUNCHED A MEAL TRAIN FOR THE FAMILY OF FALLEN DEPUTY, LOGAN UTT, AND HAD JUST THE SPAN OF 24 HOURS, MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP, PROVIDING MEALS FOR THE FAMILY THROUGH JULY AND RAISING MORE THAN $16,000 TO HELP THE FAMILY. SHE SAYS THE DEPUTIES THAT SHE AND OTHER WOMEN ARE MARRIED TO AREN’T JUST COWORKERS, THEY ARE BROTHERS. AND SO WE LOST A FAMILY MEMBER, EVEN THOUGH THE WIVES ARE ALWAYS BUSY ON THE DAY TO DAY LIVES AND WE DON’T GET TOGETHER LIKE WE SHOULD, WE STILL SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. GRIEVING DOES NOT HAVE A TIME FRAME. I MEAN HER, SHE LOST HER HUSBAND. SHE HAS TWO SMALL CHILDREN. SH
Carroll County Community raises over $16,000 for fallen deputy’s family
Updated: 11:56 PM EDT May 31, 2026
The man accused of shooting two Carroll County deputies, killing one, has been arrested as neighbors and community members are rallying around Deputy Logan Utt’s family.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here In just the span of 24 hours, over 300 people have stepped up to help — providing meals for the family through July through a Meal Train, and raising over $16,000 to help address his family’s financial needs. Organizer Heather Sizemore, whose husband worked alongside Deputy Utt, says there’s a special kind of friendship that forms between the spouses of law enforcement officers—and they knew they needed to do anything they could to help one of their own. Subscribe to WXII’s free YouTube channel here”It could have easily been one of our husbands,” she said. “I mean, my husband worked the night before this incident. My husband went in the night of this incident, all of our husbands went in. Our husbands currently are looking for this man, who is still at large. We lost a family member. Even though the wives are always busy in their day-to-day lives, and we don’t get together like we should, we still support one another.”Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here. If you’d like to help support Deputy Utt’s family either through a donation or signing up to provide a meal, you can find a link to the fundraiser/meal train here.RELATED COVERAGE
CARROLL COUNTY, Va. —
The man accused of shooting two Carroll County deputies, killing one, has been arrested as neighbors and community members are rallying around Deputy Logan Utt’s family.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here
In just the span of 24 hours, over 300 people have stepped up to help — providing meals for the family through July through a Meal Train, and raising over $16,000 to help address his family’s financial needs.
Organizer Heather Sizemore, whose husband worked alongside Deputy Utt, says there’s a special kind of friendship that forms between the spouses of law enforcement officers—and they knew they needed to do anything they could to help one of their own.
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“It could have easily been one of our husbands,” she said. “I mean, my husband worked the night before this incident. My husband went in the night of this incident, all of our husbands went in. Our husbands currently are looking for this man, who is still at large. We lost a family member. Even though the wives are always busy in their day-to-day lives, and we don’t get together like we should, we still support one another.”
Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.
If you’d like to help support Deputy Utt’s family either through a donation or signing up to provide a meal, you can find a link to the fundraiser/meal train here.
RELATED COVERAGE