Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 30-E: 11
Department: Louisville, Kentucky, P.D.
End of Watch: 05/02/1971
Cause: Gunfire
Age: 28
Length of Service: 2
Patrolmen Schaefer and Wilbur Hayes were found shot in the head and back after they answered a call while on patrol. Patrolman Hayes was found in the back seat of his unmarked patrol car. Patrolman Schaefer’s body was discovered a block away. Three suspects were arrested.