New Jersey State Police
New Jersey
End of Watch: Thursday, December 18, 1924
Cause: Gunfire
Biographical Info
Age: 26
Tour of Duty: 8 months
Badge Number: 238 Trooper RobertCoyle was shot and killed in Somerset County as he and another trooper escorted a payroll robbery suspect to the Pluckemin Substation for questioning.
During the drive the suspect shouted "hands up." The man was then able to disarm him and shot him twice in the back, killing him.
Trooper Coyle had served with the agency for 8 months. He was survived by his wife. | 
