Slain Deputies Remembered In Harford County 2 Years Later

BEL AIR, MD — Flags will fly at half-staff from sunrise Friday through sunset on Sunday in Harford County to honor to two deputies who died in the line of duty two years ago. The lowering of the flags is one of several actions the county has taken to memorialize the officers who made the supreme sacrifice.

“Two years ago Harford County was shocked by the murder of two deputies who gave their lives protecting our community,” Harford County Executive Barry Glassman said in a statement.

Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey, 52, and Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon, 43, were shot and killed in Abingdon on Feb. 10, 2016.

As Dailey was responding to a tip about a wanted individual, the suspect shot him inside the Panera in the 3400 block of Merchant Boulevard. There were at least two warrants for the killer's arrest, including one for assaulting a police officer in Florida, officials later said.

After shooting Dailey, the gunman ran from Panera and hid. Logsdon was trying to find him outside the Park View Apartments when the suspect opened fire from the driver's seat of a 2004 Ford Taurus where authorities believed he had been living.

Officials found multiple guns and more than 2,700 rounds of live ammunition inside the car, where the suspect was fatally shot in a gunfight with officers. Authorities said they believed the gunman had been stalking his ex wife in Abingdon.

"The passage of time has not diminished our gratitude for their sacrifice," Glassman said of the slain deputies. "We will come together again on this tragic anniversary so that the families of Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey and Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon know they remain in our hearts forever."

In addition to lowering the flags, Gassman has ordered county administration buildings to be illuminated blue for the week in memory of the slain deputies and in a show of support for law enforcement as a whole.

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Members of the public gathered with Harford County employees in front of the county government building for a moment of silence at 220 South Main Street in Bel Air at noon on Friday, Feb. 9.

Then Harford County's emergency sirens blasted three times over the course of approximately one minute at noon on Friday, Feb. 9, in memory of Logsdon and Dailey.

Photo courtesy of Harford County government/Harford County Sheriff's Office.