Bio & Incident Details
Age: 56
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire (Accidental)
Incident Date: 7/19/1958
Weapon: Officer's weapon
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Hoyt Ergle succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained 29 years earlier when he was accidentally shot in the neck while on the department's firing range. The round severed his spinal cord, rendering him a permanent paraplegic.
Officer Ergle was assigned to the Avon Park Correctional Institution at the time. He was survived by his wife, four children, and eight grandchildren.
