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A Ballwin [middle class suburb of St. Louis, MO] police officer was in critical condition after he was shot in the neck during a traffic stop late Friday morning, police said. The officer had stopped the car for speeding ... about 11 a.m., police said. As the officer went back to his car, the driver got out ... fired three shots at the officer, police said." Fri = July 8.Handgun used was .22 caliber. {{ETA: lots of pix at lnk}}
The officer was taken to a local hospital.
After shooting the officer, the gunman Antonio Taylor, 31, of the city of St Louis, drove away, ~4 miles, abandoned car, fled on foot in residential neighborhood. He was captured a short time later. A .22 was later recovered by LE. Taylor was charged with first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a weapon. Bail was set at $500,000.
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Taylor spent roughly two-thirds of the past decade behind bars, according to available court records.
In 2006, Taylor was charged and convicted in Beckham County, Okla., on charges of second-degree robbery and unauthorized use of a vehicle, online records from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections say. He was sentenced to five years in prison and released on Jan. 29, 2009."
And his crim history extends to MO, including illegal possession of firearm, and more, more, more. See
discrepancies between statements in
his letter to the MO judge and
his parole office's reports re drug tests, & other parole violations. He was released from prison in March 2016.
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http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_2def1b64-a632-5ea7-b5f0-031f4dd1bce3.html July 9
Wishing the officer a full & speedy recovery.