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Patrol Officer Wm.robert Stout Obituary

Graduation Year Class of 1970
Date of Passing Jun 05, 1980
About BOBBY,DIED AT THE AGE OF 28 YEARS OLD. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED WITH HIS OWN SERVICE WEAPON AFTER BEING ASSAULTED WHILE INVESTIGATING A NOISE COMPLAINT AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, HE ENCOUNTERED A GROUP OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE. ONE OF THE MEN IN THE GROUP BECAME BELIGERENT AND PUNCHED OFFICER STOUT, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
WHEN BOBBY FELL HIS GUN CAME OUT OF ITS HOLSTER. THE SUSPECT PICKED UP THE GUN AND SHOT BOBBY FIVE TIMES. THE MAN FLED THE SCENE BUT LATER TURNED HIMSELF IN. HE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER AND SENT TO PRISON. HE WAS PAROLED IN 1991 AND AGAIN IN 2006 AFTER HIS PAROLE WAS REVOKED.
BOBBY WAS KILLED JUNE 5,1980 JUST DAYS BEFORE OUR 10TH CLASS REUNION. HE HAD WRITTEN ME AND WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD IN SEEING EVERYONE.
HE LEFT BEHIND HIS WIFE,NANCY;DAUGHTERS,KELLY AND TRACY.
HE A POLICE OFFICER IN TERRELL,TEXAS
Patrol Officer Wm.robert Stout