Bio & Incident Details
Age: 31
Tour: 1 year
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 1/31/1970
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Sentenced to 10 years
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Patrolman Hawley was shot and killed while on an undercover assignment as a store owner. He and another officer had been deployed as undercover officers for approximately one year to gain bookmaking information.
During the investigation Patrolman Hawley became engaged in a verbal dispute with a subject over numbers. The suspect produced a small handgun and shot Patrolman Hawley four times. The suspect was later convicted of Patrolman Hawley's murder and served ten years in prison.
Patrolman Hawley had served with the agency for 1 year. He was survived by his wife and three children.
