Dale Conway Stiles, a 50-year-old deputy with the Pecos County Sheriff’s Department in Fort Stockton, Texas, died on January 13, 1987, from complications of a gunshot wound sustained six months earlier on July 14, 1986. Stiles, a U.S. Army veteran who had served with the department for over nine years, was responding to a domestic dispute when the shooting occurred.

Stiles underwent multiple surgeries but continued to suffer complications and ultimately died. He is survived by a son, two daughters, his parents, and a grandchild, and was buried at Brush Creek Cemetery in Brush Creek, Grant County, Arkansas. The subject involved in the shooting is not named in available details, and it is unclear whether charges or other legal actions followed.

If anyone knew Deputy Stiles, the family, or witnessed the July 14, 1986 incident, please share what is known.