Patrol Officer Marion E. Taylor, McKinney Police Department, Texas

Patrol Officer Marion E. Taylor

McKinney Police Department, Texas

End of Watch Wednesday, March 2, 1938

Marion E. Taylor

Officer Taylor was shot and killed after stopping a taxi cab whose driver was waving him down. The taxi driver had been abducted at gunpoint in Dallas and was being forced to drive to Denison. When Officer Taylor stopped the taxi the suspect shot him six times. The man was convicted and executed in the electric chair on March 18, 1940.

Officer Taylor had served with the agency for 10 years. He was survived by his wife.

Bio

Age 34
Tour 10 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Executed in 1940

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I look at your photo each time I pass it at the PD. I study your face and I think your last day may have started like today. This ritual keeps me alert, and brings me home to my family.

Officer Aaron Self
McKiney Police Department

June 19, 2016