OGDEN — Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force officers serving a “knock and announce” search warrant on Matthew David Stewart’s Ogden home Jan. 4, 2012, were clearly identifiable and, in spite of it, were fired on multiple times by Stewart, resulting in one officer’s death and a half-dozen officers being wounded, says Weber County Attorney Dee Smith.

Smith said he is now free to talk about the incident as a result of Stewart having been found dead in his jail cell early Friday morning and there no longer being need for a trial.

Stewart was discovered by a jailer at 12:50 a.m. hanging from a bedsheet in his cell in the Weber County Jail, Smith said at a Friday news conference. About one hour prior, Stewart was observed alive by officers who make routine checks on the inmates, Dee said.

OGDEN — A defense attorney for Matthew David Stewart said the 38-year-old Ogden resident was found hanged in his jail cell this morning. 

Independent confirmation from the Weber County Jail was not available. Sheriff's spokesman Mark Lowther said a news conference was set for 11 a.m. at the Weber County Commission offices.