Jon Hardy

Murdered

On December 20, 1983, in Gillette, Wyoming, Patrolman Jon Roy Hardy, aged 26, responded to a residential burglary call on Harder Drive. After checking the house, as he and his partner returned to their patrol car, they were ambushed by Dale Chamberlain, who opened fire with a .223 caliber rifle he had converted to fully automatic. Patrolman Hardy was fatally shot, and his partner was wounded.

Earlier that day, Chamberlain had killed four individuals, including a woman named Pam Houle, h ...Read More

Patrolman Jon Roy Hardy, Gillette Police Department, Wyoming

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