Stephen A. Taylor was a 26-year-old Pensacola police officer who was killed on October 19, 1982 while responding to a bank robbery at Freedom Federal Savings Bank at Palafox Street and Gregory Street. He had served three years with the Pensacola Police Department and previously worked for the Escambia County Department of Corrections. He was survived by his wife Suzanne, a daughter, his parents, a brother and three sisters.

The suspect who shot Officer Taylor was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder. Legal proceedings stretched over decades; a last-minute stay of execution was granted by the US Supreme Court on January 24, 2006, but the stay was temporary and the sentence was carried out by lethal injection on September 20, 2006. Officer Taylor’s death deeply affected his family and the community.

If anyone knew Officer Taylor or has information about the events at the bank that day, please share what you know.