CLIFTON LEIGH TAYLOR

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 39-W: 28
Department: Johnson County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: April 23, 2011
Cause: SHOT
Age: 31
Years of Service: 3
Description: Deputy Sheriff Taylor was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call involving weapons. Deputies verbally negotiated with the suspect who had barricaded himself inside a shed. When Deputy Taylor entered the shed in an effort to apprehend the suspect, the suspect shot and killed Deputy Taylor. Deputy Patrick Geyer was wounded in the incident but survived. Assisting deputies returned fire and killed the suspect.
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