A St. Louis, MO Community College police officer was shot to death on Friday evening at Page and Academy in north St. Louis.
St. Louis police said Demond Taylor was shot several times while in his car.
Taylor was an officer at Florissant Valley Community College. Police said there is no indication the shooting had anything to do with his employment there.
Growing up in north St. Louis, Demond Taylor knew he didn't want to be like the neighborhood drug dealers.
He worked as a security officer at St. Louis University for several years before becoming a certified police officer. He worked brief stints in the Berkeley and Jennings departments before going back to campus policing, this time at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley in Ferguson.
He didn't like the danger of patrolling the streets, relatives said Saturday.
Taylor, 34, was shot several times and killed about 6:30 p.m. Friday in his white 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier as he drove along Page Boulevard at Academy Avenue, St. Louis police said. He had taken the day off for a dental appointment, his family said, and was going to pick up his two sons, Demond, 15, and Dejuan, 6, for the weekend.
After Taylor was shot, his car continued to travel across Academy before it came to rest on some grass along Page. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police provided no more information about the case on Saturday, but family members said police told them it appeared to be a case of mistaken identity.
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