Jon Hardy was a 26-year-old White patrolman with the Gillette Police Department who was shot and killed in Gillette, Wyoming, on December 20, 1983, while responding to a reported residential burglary or disturbance on Harder Drive.

Hardy was ambushed as he arrived and became the first Gillette police officer killed in the line of duty. Officer Del Wright was seriously wounded during the standoff, and a woman later identified as Shirley Beatty was held hostage. Chamberlain killed himself with a homemade bomb at the scene, so there was no arrest or trial; media accounts grouped Hardy’s death with a December series of killings that left six people dead, including the gunman.

If anyone knew Officer Hardy, the circumstances that morning, or saw anything on Harder Drive that day, please share what you remember.