He was doing some early morning car shopping.
Via Star Telegram
A burglary suspect who crashed a vehicle into the showroom of a car dealership was fatally shot early Friday by a police officer, Arlington police reported.
The suspect, Christian Taylor, 19, was a graduate of Mansfield Summit High School and played football at Angelo State University in San Angelo.
Clyde Fuller, Taylor’s great-uncle, described his great-nephew as a good man and talented football player.
“He was a good kid. I don’t see him stealing no car or nothing like that,” Fuller said.
Officers were dispatched to a call about a burglary in progress about 1 a.m. at the Classic Buick GMC dealership on the Interstate 20 service road east of Collins Street, said Sgt. Paul Rodriguez, a police spokesman.
A security company had called 911 after observing the suspect on a security camera outside the business.
Rodriguez said police arrived to find that Taylor had used a vehicle to crash through glass in the front of the showroom.
“The officers went and confronted him. There was an altercation. An officer discharged his weapon and struck the suspect,” Rodriguez said.
Taylor, who was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:47 a.m., was not armed, Rodriguez said.