"The officers went and confronted him. There was an altercation. An officer discharged his weapon and struck the suspect," Sgt. Paul Rodriguez, a police spokesman, told the Star-Telegram.49-year-old Brad Miller who was involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative leave pending investigation
"We're having two independent investigations; a criminal and administrative," Rodriguez said. "As an agency, we take the loss of any human life as serious, but we owe it to our community to conduct a clear and transparent investigation to determine what exactly took place."However, the claim that Taylor attempted to rob a car showroom was debunked by his family. "He was a good kid" Clyde Fuller, Taylor's great-uncle said. "I don't see him stealing no car or nothing like that," He suspects a cover up in the death of his great-nephew. "I think something is going on that somebody is lying about. They say he's burglarizing the place by running up in there? Nuh-uh. Something doesn't sound right"
A week before his death, Taylor tweeted about the police and not feeling protected by them..