Graduate from Fire Academy Killed

Death in Comanche County
Kyle Christopher Hall, 22, of Fort Worth, was killed in a boating accident on Lake Proctor Saturday.

Christopher drowned after he fell out of a boat and was hit by a wake board pulled by the boat, according to a report from the Comanche County Sheriff’s Office.

De Leon and Promontory Fire Departments, along with Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens and sheriff’s deputies searched for Hall until 11 p.m. Saturday.

At approximately 9 a.m. Sunday morning, game wardens assisted by sonar technology located Hall’s body, according to an official report.

Hall’s funeral is scheduled to take place at First Baptist Church Benbrook at 2 p.m. today.

Hall was reportedly friends with Joseph Shane Richardson’s. Richardson, 19, of Weatherford, was killed in a boating accident while knee boarding near Tin Top in June 2006.

Hall and Richardson both attended the Weatherford College Regional Fire Academy.

Richardson Graduated in 2006 and Hall graduated a year later in the same class with Richardson’s bother.

Steve Malley, WC Fire Science Program director, helped train all three.

On Tuesday, he described the deaths as “unbelievably tragic.”