Detective George Ronald Taylor, 38, of the Richmond Police Department was shot and killed while on duty during a traffic stop on June 15, 1986. The stop took place near North Davis Avenue and Kensington Avenue. Taylor, a U.S. Army veteran with 13 years on the force, was struck by a .44 caliber handgun and died after being taken to a hospital. He left a wife and two teenage daughters.

The person pulled over was a convicted murderer on parole. Investigators determined the shooting was intended to interfere with Detective Taylor’s official duties. The suspect was identified, arrested, tried and convicted of capital murder for killing a police officer and received the death sentence. The convict died by suicide in prison in 1988, before any execution could be carried out.