Fallen KSP Trooper Hayden Phillips' Body Returned to Hometown
The Kentucky State Police Foundation is accepting donations as officials plan funeral services and a half-staff tribute for his family.
- A procession of law enforcement vehicles escorted Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips' body to Glasgow on Tuesday, with the Glasgow Police Department closing Happy Valley Road from the municipal airport to Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home for safe passage.
- Trooper Hayden Phillips was fatally shot on Monday during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 65 near Smiths Grove, about 20 miles from Bowling Green, around 2 p.m. in Warren County.
- Louisville Metro Police Department arrested 51-year-old Emonnie Branch of Portland, Tennessee, following an hours-long manhunt Monday evening; a judge denied him bond during Tuesday's Warren County court appearance on murder charges.
- Gov. Andy Beshear ordered flags at all Kentucky state buildings lowered to half-staff on Sunday, October 4, calling Phillips 'a hero who dedicated himself to protecting our commonwealth' and asking Kentuckians to pray for his wife Jordan and three children.
- The Kentucky State Police Foundation established the Trooper Hayden Phillips Fund with 100% of donations going directly to his family for meals and household expenses, while state police warned the public that the foundation is the only authorized avenue and 'all other avenues are scams.
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Billy Ray Cyrus, Lee Greenwood Pay Tribute to Fallen Kentucky Trooper Hayden Phillips
Billy Ray Cyrus and Lee Greenwood are honoring the life and service of Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips, who was fatally shot while conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 65 in Warren County, Kentucky, on Monday, September 28. According to Kentucky State Police, Phillips was shot shortly after 2 p.m. CT near Smiths Grove. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Phillips was a three-year veteran of the Kentu…
Kentucky State Police remember Trooper Hayden Phillips
Following Monday’s press conference regarding the death of Trooper Hayden Phillips, Kentucky State Police held a second press conference on Tuesday. At the press conference, held at Hillvue Heights Church at 5 p.m., state troopers discussed Phillips’s legacy and how the community can show support for him and his family. “We want to remember Hayden...
KSP announces memorial times, fundraiser for fallen trooper who leaves behind wife, 3 boys
A fundraiser is underway to help the wife and three young children of Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips, as his coworkers and community mourn his death.
Flags ordered to half-staff for Kentucky trooper killed in I-65 attack
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WOWK) — Kentucky will be lowering its flags on Sunday to honor a Kentucky State Police (KSP) trooper who was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Monday. According to a release from the office of Governor Andy Beshear, KSP Trooper Hayden W. Phillips, 28, was fatally shot during a traffic stop [...]
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