Overview
- State Rep. Joe Miller plans to file legislation this fall designating the roadway in front of the Lorain PD as the Officer Phillip Wagner Memorial Highway.
- Rep. Gayle Manning will co-sponsor the measure, which Mayor Jack Bradley says will provide a permanent tribute to Wagner’s service and sacrifice.
- Luna’s Team Shop’s custom T-shirt fundraiser has sold over 200 shirts and donated $10 from each sale to support Wagner’s widow and three children.
- On July 30, more than 3,000 law enforcement officers and community members attended a public memorial at Rocket Arena, where Wagner received full military honors.
- Wagner, 35, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and father of three who joined the Lorain Police Department in 2022, died July 24 after a July 23 ambush that also injured Officers Peter Gale and Brent Payne.