Soon-to-be-Married Police Officer Killed In Gun Battle

Sheriff deputies received a call of 'someone with a weapon', Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said Sunday.

Wesley Davis, 47, had earlier brandished a weapon at his wife, sister and another person before authorities arrived.

One of the officers knocked on the door and was told that he was in a storage shed.

When the officers approached the shed, Davis opened fire with a .380 pistol killing Deputy Clifton Taylor, 31, who had been with the department a little more than three years and was engaged to be married.

Taylor was the first deputy at the scene in the 2200 block of Eagle Court, just outside the Venus city limits.

Taylor was shot three times, in his neck, his side and his back, likely when he was falling to the ground. He was pronounced dead at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth after being flown by medical helicopter from the scene.

Davis was killed when two other deputies and a Venus police officer returned fire.

Other than his job as a Sheriff's Deputy, Taylor was working three off-duty jobs to boost his savings before getting married, Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said.

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