| Gary Schaffer | |
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| Game | Grand Theft Auto III (mentioned) Manhunt (voice) |
| Nationality | American |
| Location | Carcer City |
| Weapons | Unknown Firearm |
| Allies | Lionel Starkweather |
| Enemies | James Earl Cash Journalist |
| Status | Incarcerated |
Gleydson "Gary" Schaffer is a character in Manhunt and appears as an unseen character. He is also mentioned in Grand Theft Auto III.[]
A highly corrupted police chief of the CCPD, he never makes an appearance in person, but his voice can be heard during a phone conversation between him and Lionel Starkweather at the beginning of Press Coverage. His name may be a reference to real life cop turned serial killer Gerard John Schaefer.
Biography[]
Gary Schaffer became chief of the Carcer City Police Department at an unknown time prior to the events of Manhunt. While in that position, he started to take bribes from Starkweather and in return gave him unlimited access to large sections of Carcer City for his snuff projects.
Two years prior to the events of Manhunt, he was put on trial for corruption charges but was found not guilty due to all the witnesses disappearing from the case. It's likely that he had them killed.
Events of Manhunt[]
After Cash escapes from Starkweather's trap in the Darkwoods Penitentiary and kills Ramirez, along with his hit squad of Wardogs, Schaffer is contacted by Starkweather as a last resort and is ordered by him to capture Cash and a Journalist who had recently been investigating the Director's activities.
Schaffer dispatches multiple officers and SWAT teams to Central Carcer to apprehend Cash and has the Journalist's apartment raided in an attempt to seize evidence of Starkweather's crimes. Cash escorts the Journalist to her apartment, killing many officers along the way. After securing the evidence, he sends her off and fights his way through the SWAT-infested Carcer City Subway and finally shakes the police off at a railyard. After Starkweather is killed by Cash, the journalist mentions in her report that Schaffer's involvement with Starkweather's snuff film ring had been found out and he was arrested, although his lawyer stated that he intended to plead not guilty.
Trivia
- Gary Schaffer is probably named after serial killer and police officer Gerard John Schaffer.