Bio & Incident Details
Age: 54
Tour: 19 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 9/18/1986
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentenced to live
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Officer Robert Pyles succumbed to a gunshot wound received two weeks earlier after picking up a man who had been walking on the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge.
While on patrol, he had stopped to assist the man and began to drive him back to his disabled van. Unbeknownst to Officer Pyles, the van had been stolen and the driver was a parole violator wanted for rape, assault, and the attempted murder of three other officers. Before the two got back to the van, the suspect shot Officer Pyles.
Officer Pyles had been with the Maryland Toll Facilities Police Department for 19 years.
