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Funeral Services Announced For Slain South Jersey Police Officer

Funeral services were announced for Deptford Police Officer Robert J. “Bobby” Shisler, 27, who died Sunday, May.7 as a result of a gunshot wound in March.

Deptford Police Officer Robert Shisler

Deptford Police Officer Robert Shisler

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Shisler’s service is scheduled for noon on May 17 at Rowan University’s Pfleeger Concert Hall in Glassboro. 

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a pass and reflection from 9 a.m. to noon that day at the same hall at 201 Mullica Hill Road.

The burial is private.

Shisler is survived by his mother, Tracy; father, Robert; brother, Tyler; and sister, Ashley; grandparents, godparents and others, according to his obituary.

The 2014 Deptford High School graduate played baseball and football.

He attended Presbyterian College in South Carolina where he played Division 1 baseball.

He was an avid hunter and had a passion for weightlifting and body building, his obituary says.

He was on duty March 10 when he stopped Mitchell Negron Jr., 24, of Deptford. 

The encounter ended with a struggle during which both men were shot, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s office, which is investigating.

Negron died at the scene. Shisler suffered a leg wound and was taken to a hospital where he died Sunday.

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