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"Thank you for letting him live his dream, for as little time as he had on this planet."Īdam Hayworth said that his brother always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, eventually becoming a police chief. "He always wanted to be a cop," said Adam Hayworth. With emotion breaking through his voice, brother Adam Hayworth remembered a man with a love of service. "Thank you for sharing your son with us for a little while. "You trained your child in the way he should go and he never parted from it - God, country and his fellow man," said Capps. "Ryan has left an undeniable mark on my life, and I'm all the better for it," said Capps.Ĭapps, addressing Hayworth's parents, said they were responsible for the man he was. "The manner in which he lived made him remarkable."Ĭapps also added he was "crushed" by his death, but that remembering Hayworth's drive has given him strength. Knightdale Police Chief Lawrence Capps said Hayworth made an impact on so many people. 'There's a meaning in his death,' father of fallen Knightdale police officer says "He would be so honored with this entire process." "Please, never, ever forget my son," Tim Hayworth wrote in the note. Tim Hayworth expressed in a letter "heartfelt thanks" to the Knightdale Police Department and all the surrounding departments that reached out or assisted in the time following his son's death. His father, Tim Hayworth, is the retired police chief in Zebulon. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and many other honors.Ī love of service ran in his family. Photos at the front of the church showed Hayworth in the police uniform he loved.īefore joining the Knightdale Police Department, Hayworth also served in the Army National Guard, and was deployed to Kuwait during Operation Enduring Freedom. Hayworth, 23, was killed on Interstate 540 early Sunday while responding to a crash on the side of a highway. Family and friends, as well as fellow first responders, gathered to honor and remember fallen Knightdale police Officer Ryan Hayworth in a private ceremony Friday. By Cory Dinkel, WRAL multiplatform producer, Adam Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter