By John Estridge
A man accused of shooting his wife in the head and leaving her for dead then taking his toddler, dressed in a onesie, out walking in a blizzard and finally shooting a Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy while still holding onto his son was released on his Own Recognizance Wednesday, Jan. 18, following a hearing in Franklin Circuit Court in front of Judge J. Steven Cox.
Gregory Guilfoyle, 31, is charged with two counts of Attempted Murder and one count of Neglect of a Dependent. The two counts of Attempted Murder are Level 1 Felonies while the Neglect charge is a Level 6 Felony.
According to Information filed by Indiana State Police Detective Brent Miller, in the early morning hours of Dec. 23, 2022, Guilfoyle shot his wife Hannah Guilfoyle in the head at their Franklin County home off U.S. 52 east of Brookville and left her on the floor of their house. She later crawled outside in the blizzard and was found by deputies.
Guilfoyle is then alleged to have taken the couple’s toddler and walked west on U.S. 52 to its intersection with Indiana 1 and was on Ind. 1 when Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Arin Bowers stopped to see if Guilfoyle needed help. His wife Hannah had not been found at that point. Police were alerted by a passerby who said they saw a male holding a toddler walking along the highway during the blizzard.
After very few words were exchanged, Guilfoyle allegedly opened fire on Bowers striking him in his body armor protecting his chest area. Bowers was forced to return fire and struck Guilfoyle. Shot, Bowers managed to go over to Guilfoyle, take the toddler and get the toddler to the warmth of the police vehicle.
Several officers responded to the call of Officer Down. After securing the scene, they went to the Guilfoyle home where they found Hannah.
Ambulances had a tough time getting to any of the wounded people because of the weather and road conditions.
According to sources, Guilfoyle is paralyzed from the waist down. After getting out of University Hospital in Cincinnati, Guilfoyle was transported to Miami Valley Correctional Facility near Kokomo.
A Habeus Corpus hearing initiated by Guilfoyle’s attorneys apparently precipitated the OR ruling.
According to unnamed sources, the county taxpayers will have to pay for an ambulance to pick Guilfoyle up at the prison and take him back to his home in Franklin County.
Reasoning for court’s action can be found in a subsequent post on this blog.