Tilted against the Howard County police memorial Monday was a mounted photo of Pfc. Scott Wheeler, 31, the second officer killed in the line of duty in the department?s history.

“It?s been many years since we?ve had to add a plaque to this,” Chief William McMahon said during a news conference Monday. “It?s not something I wanted to do under my watch.”

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