Bio & Incident Details
Age: 54
Tour: 27 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 11/26/1985
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Three apprehended
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Detective Walls died of wounds he received the previous month when he was shot while attempting to arrest two suspect committing a robbery Sergeant Taylor was shot and killed in the same incident.
Detective Walls and Sergeant Taylor were off-duty and patronizing a bar on Seventh Street in Newark, New Jersey. Two masked men entered the bar and announced a robbery. When Sergeant Taylor attempted to intervene, he was shot and killed by one of the suspect. Detective Walls drew his weapons, but was shot and seriously wounded by one of the suspects. He died 24 days later from his wounds.
Three suspect were later apprehended and charged with murder.
Detective Walls had served with the Essex County Sheriff's Departmentfor 27 years.
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Sergeant Nathaniel H. Taylor |
