New Jersey police officer dies from gunshot wound sustained in line of duty
Action News has learned that Officer Robert "Bobby" Shisler passed away at the hospital on May 7.
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, New Jersey -- A Deptford Township police officer has died after being shot in the line of duty back in March.
Action News has learned that 27-year-old Officer Robert "Bobby" Shisler passed away at the hospital on May 7.
The Deptford Township Police Department released a message on Facebook confirming the officer's passing and expressing their condolences.
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Authorities say the shooting originally happened around 12:38 p.m. on March 10, while Officer Shisler conducted a pedestrian stop on Delsea Drive in Deptford Township.
At some point, authorities say Officer Shisler chased the pedestrian on foot and a struggle ensued.
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Gunfire then erupted in the area of Doman Avenue. Authorities say Officer Shisler and the pedestrian, 24-year-old Mitchell Negron Jr., were both injured by gunfire.
Negron was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sources say a fellow officer applied a tourniquet before Officer Shisler was taken to Cooper Medical Center in a patrol car.
Officials say that a Taurus .38 special revolver, which was not the officer's service weapon, was recovered at the scene.
Shisler was a four-year veteran assigned to Platoon B of the Patrol Division.
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