Services set for Deptford police Officer Shisler, shot in line of duty: What to know

Phaedra Trethan, Cherry Hill Courier-Post
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Police officers and members of the community attend the honorable transfer for Deptford Police Officer Bobby Shisler, who died Sunday from injuries sustained March 10 in the line of duty. Shisler's remains are being moved from Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office to Boucher Funeral Home. Deptford, NJTuesday, May 9, 2023
Police officers and members of the community attend the honorable transfer for Deptford Police Officer Bobby Shisler, who died Sunday from injuries sustained March 10 in the line of duty. Shisler's remains are being moved from Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office to Boucher Funeral Home. Deptford, NJTuesday, May 9, 2023

The services for officer Robert "Bobby" Shisler will take place Wednesday, May 17 at Rowan University in Glassboro, the Deptford Township Police Department announced Tuesday.

Shisler, who died Sunday from injuries sustained in a March 10 struggle that left the other person, Mitchell Negron, dead at the scene, was taken Tuesday morning from the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office via honorable transfer — with an escort of police officers from the city and the South Jersey region — to Boucher Funeral Home in Deptford.

The details of the March 10 incident have not been made public and remain under investigation by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, as mandated by law when there is a shooting involving a law enforcement officer.

Tribute to a fallen officer: South Jersey pays respect as Deptford police prepare to say goodbye to Officer Shisler

Hundreds of mourners, including fellow law enforcement officers and residents from Deptford and nearby towns, lined Delsea Drive to honor Shisler, a lifelong township resident.

Retired Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office detective Tim Sullivan kneels while paying his respects to Deptford Office Bobby Shisler, who died Sunday from injuries sustained in the line of duty March 10.
Retired Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office detective Tim Sullivan kneels while paying his respects to Deptford Office Bobby Shisler, who died Sunday from injuries sustained in the line of duty March 10.

"Relatives and friends are invited to attend a pass and reflection," an obituary on the Boucher Funeral Home website reads. The venue for the event from 9 a.m. to noon is the Pfleeger Concert Hall at Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, followed by funeral honors at noon.

Shisler's internment will be private.

Shisler was remembered in the notice as a police officer for Deptford Township, as well as a 2014 Deptford High School graduate who played baseball and football at the school.

"He was an avid hunter and enjoyed the outdoors," the notice said, and "had a passion for weight lifting and won an NPC bodybuilding competition." The notice also said he played Division I baseball at Presbyterian College in South Carolina.

He is survived by his parents, Robert H. and Tracy (nee Hawkins), his brother Tyler (all of Deptford) his sister Ashley (of Mantua), and his grandparents Marion and Robert Shisler of Deptford, Ethel Hawkins of Barrington, his godparents Danny Resnik and Brenda Simpkins, and other family. He was predeceased by his grandfather, Gary Hawkins.

Phaedra Trethan has been a reporter and editor in South Jersey since 2007 and has called the region home since 1971. Contact her at ptrethan@gannettnj.com, on Twitter @wordsbyPhaedra, or by phone at 856.486-2417.

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