SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Two Utah officers killed in the last year will be honored at the Utah State Capitol on Thursday at an annual law enforcement memorial.
The names of Utah County Sgt. Cory Wride and Draper Sgt. Derek Johnson will be added the Utah Law Enforcement Memorial’s Honor Wall on the Capitol’s west lawn.
Once Johnson and Wride’s names are added on Thursday, the Honor Wall will show the names of 137 peace officers killed in the line of duty.
Both Wride and Johnson were fatally shot while still in their patrol cars after having stopped to help vehicles on the side of the road.
Wride was killed January 30. Johnson was killed Sept. 1.
The annual law enforcement memorial is scheduled to start at 11 a.m.
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