Multiple police departments collaborated to transport the officer from the medical examiner's office in Philadelphia to the Boucher Funeral Home in Deptford Township, New Jersey.
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A full motorcade followed behind the hearse carrying Shisler's body through the streets of Philadelphia. An aerial view from Sky 6 showed officers standing at attention before the procession was led over the Ben Franklin Bridge and into South Jersey.
Fallen Deptford police officer's body escorted back to NJ
A funeral will be held on May 17 at noon at Pfleeger Concert Hall on the campus of Rowan University in Glassboro.
Shisler's death is the first line of duty death for the department.
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Officer Shisler was shot in the line of duty on March 10.
According to the state attorney general, Shisler made a pedestrian stop on Delsea Drive.
While details of the stop itself have not been released, authorities say it turned into a chase and a struggle, and shots were fired.
The pedestrian, Mitchell Negron Jr., was killed.
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Shisler was shot in the leg and critically wounded. He spent weeks at Cooper's ICU.
He was then moved to the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, where he passed away on Sunday.
The 27-year-old officer is survived by his parents, brother, and sister.
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Shisler's patrol car and the memorial will remain at the township building until his funeral.