BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (LEX News) — Update Oct. 2, 2026:
Kentucky State Police released more details regarding visitation, funeral, and procession arrangements for Trooper Phillips.
Visitation - Saturday, October 3, 2026
Location: Living Hope Baptist Church, 1805 Westen Street, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. CST
Funeral – Sunday, October 4, 2026
Location: E. A. Diddle Arena, Western Kentucky University Campus, 1605 Avenue of Champions, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Time: 12:00 p.m. CST
Interment (immediately following the funeral)
Location: Fort Williams/ Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, 303 Leslie Ave, Glasgow, KY 42141
Procession Route: (Traffic Advisory)
Citizens are welcome to show their support to the Family of Trooper Hayden Phillips by staging along the procession route.
The funeral procession will travel from E.A. Diddle Arena, 1605 Avenue of Champions, Bowling Green, to Glasgow Cemetery, 303 Leslie Avenue, Glasgow, using the following route:
• Depart E.A. Diddle Arena and proceed onto Avenue of Champions.
• Turn right onto University Boulevard.
• Continue as University Boulevard becomes Kentucky Street.
• Continue along the US-68 corridor through Bowling Green toward Louisville Road and KY-446 East.
• Continue onto KY-446 East toward I-65.
• Merge onto I-65 North.
• Take Exit 43 onto the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway toward Glasgow/Somerset.
• Continue east on the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway.
• Take Exit 8 toward KY-3600 / KY-90 / Glasgow / Cave City.
• Turn left onto KY-3600 (Glasgow Outer Loop).
• Turn right onto New Bowling Green Road / West Main Street.
• Continue on West Main Street.
• Turn right onto Leslie Avenue.
• Proceed to Glasgow Cemetery, 303 Leslie Avenue, Glasgow, Kentucky.
Original Story:
Funeral services have been scheduled for a Kentucky State Police trooper who was killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop in Bowling Green.
Trooper Hayden W. Phillips, 28, was shot and killed Sept. 28 while conducting a traffic stop in Warren County. Phillips graduated from the Kentucky State Police Academy in August 2023 and served his entire tenure at KSP Post 3 in Bowling Green. Before becoming a state trooper, he served with the Glasgow Police Department and worked as a seasonal firefighter.
Visitation is scheduled for Saturday at the Living Hope Baptist Church in Bowling Green from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A funeral service will be held at noon CDT Sunday at E.A. Diddle Arena on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Interment will follow at Glasgow Municipal Cemetery.
Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Sunday in honor of Phillips' service and sacrifice.
"Trooper Hayden Phillips was a hero who sacrificed everything protecting our people and our commonwealth, and it is our sacred duty to honor him and his family," Beshear said in a statement.
Phillips is survived by his wife, Jordan, and their three children.
The governor encouraged Kentuckians to keep the family in their thoughts and prayers and said those wishing to help can donate through the Kentucky State Police Foundation. The foundation said all proceeds will go directly to Phillips' family.
Beshear is also encouraging businesses, organizations and individuals across Kentucky to lower their flags Sunday in tribute to the fallen trooper.
