Bio & Incident Details
Age: 30
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 3/3/1986
Weapon: Officer's handgun
Suspect: Sentenced to death
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Sergeant Gary Wolfley was shot and killed after responding to an unknown disturbance at a local gas station. When he arrived on the scene he observed two men standing next to a gas pump. One of the men immediately began to run and was pursued by Sergeant Wolfley. A struggle ensued behind the service station and the suspect was able to gain control of Sergeant Wolfley's weapon and shoot him.
Sergeant Wolfley's wife, who was with the Sergeant on a ride-along, called for back-up and as back up officers were being dispatched, the suspect took Sergeant Wolfley's gun and ran north bound behind the gas station and shot at the first responding back up officer through the police vehicle windshield, but missed the officer. The suspect then ran and jump through an apartment window and shot the resident in the leg. The resident of the apartment was able to get out as the suspect barricaded himself in the apartment. Responding officers from the Rialto, Fontana, and San Bernardino police departments were able to contain the suspect in the apartment complex. The suspect later surrendered to police after a night long stand off and sentenced to death.
Sergeant Wolfley is survived by his wife, who became an officer with the Fontana Police Department about a year later.
