ABINGDON, Md. (AP) - A line of mourners was waiting even before a viewing began for one of the two Harford County sheriff's deputies killed in a shootout earlier this week in Abingdon.
Monday was the first of two days of viewings planned for Senior Deputy Patrick B. Dailey before his funeral Wednesday. The Baltimore Sun reports that Ethan Magness, pastor of spiritual formation at Mountain Christian Church in Joppa, said that a "steady stream" of people came to pay their respects to Dailey at the church.
Magness says "hundreds" of people were waiting "before we even opened the doors."
Dailey and Senior Deputy Mark Logsdon were killed in a shootout Wednesday by David Evans, who was also killed. Viewings for Logsdon are scheduled for Thursday and Friday. A Saturday funeral is planned.
Shooter’s History
Authorities say the man who recently shot and killed two sheriff's deputies in Harford County was wanted for questioning in the shooting of his ex-wife nearly two decades ago, but detectives were unable to find him.
Harford County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cristie Kahler told The Baltimore Sun that 68-year-old David Brian Evans was suspected in the 1996 shooting of Elizabeth Rupp, but there wasn't enough evidence to arrest him.
Rupp, who survived, was shot in the neck as she left her Abingdon home for work.
Kahler says detectives searched for months, trying to locate Evans for questioning, but he was never found.
