Correctional Officer Hoyt L. Ergle
Florida Department of Corrections
Florida
End of Watch: Tuesday, December 15, 1987
Cause: Gunfire (Accidental)

Biographical Info
Age: 56
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Officer 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.