In the summer of 1974, Fort Wayne Police Department Sergeant Kenneth William Hayden responded to a robbery in progress at a liquor store, a call that would ultimately set in motion a chain of events leading to his death fifteen years later. During the response on August 19, 1974, Sergeant Hayden, a male officer, sustained an accidental gunshot wound.
Despite the serious injury to his leg, he recovered and was able to return to his duties with the police department. However, the initial in
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