Bio & Incident Details
Age: 34
Tour: Not available
Badge # 1821
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 8/29/1977
Weapon: Shotgun; 12 gauge
Suspect: Shot and arrested
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Detective Taylor was shot and killed after he and another officer responded to a call of a man with a firearm inside an apartment at 14 Linden Street in Brooklyn. When Detective Taylor and the other officer arrived, they entered the building with guns drawn and positioned themselves at opposite sides of the apartment door. The officers knocked on the door and announced themselves as Police Officers. The door suddenly opened and two shots from a 12-gauge shotgun were fired by the suspect. One shot struck Detective Taylor in the chest, killing him.
The other officer emptied his gun and Detective Taylor's gun into the apartment. When the officer entered the apartment he found the one suspect dead, another wounded and two suspects uninjured. It was later determined that the wounded suspect was the man who had fired the shot that killed Detective Taylor.
Detective Taylor was assigned to the 83rd Precinct.
