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Multi-Agency Patrols Set for Lorain Ahead of Officer Wagner’s Full-Honors Funeral

Thousands of luminaries glow outside police headquarters as lawmakers introduce a bill to rename a section of State Route 6 in Wagner’s honor

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Overview

  • Funeral services for Officer Phillip Wagner are scheduled for Wednesday, July 30, at Rocket Arena in Cleveland with full military honors officiated by Pastor Josh Smith
  • Sheriff Jack Hall confirmed that from 6 p.m. Tuesday through 6 p.m. Thursday deputies and officers from multiple counties will patrol Lorain under a state outside aid law
  • Officer Brent Payne has been released from MetroHealth Medical Center and is recovering at home while Officer Peter Gale continues treatment for a gunshot wound to his hand at Mercy HealthLorain Hospital
  • Volunteers working with Kurtz Bros. Inc. assembled luminary bags forming Wagner’s badge number outside the Lorain Police Department as part of a growing community memorial
  • State Rep. Joe Miller introduced a bill to designate part of State Route 6 as the Officer Phillip Wagner Memorial Highway and U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno presented a U.S. Capitol flag to the department