Roll of Honor
Incident
Correctional 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 of the incident.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, four children, and eight grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Ergle served with the Florida Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Florida. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Ergle.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer Hoyt L. Ergle is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Florida Department of Corrections, 9 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Hoyt L. Ergle's cause is highlighted.
How Hoyt L. Ergle Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Hoyt L. Ergle is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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