NICHOLAS GEORGE SOTTILE

Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 2-W: 26
Department: Florida Highway Patrol
End of Watch: January 12, 2007
Cause: SHOT
Age: 48
Years of Service: 24
Description: Sergeant Sottile was shot during a traffic stop when one of the two occupants produced a handgun and shot him in the chest. Despite being mortally wounded, Sergeant Sottile was able to notify dispatchers that he had been shot. Sergeant Sottile was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The two suspects were apprehended the following morning.
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