Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Thomas Taylor

Name: Thomas Taylor
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 02/16/2020
Location: U.S. Highway 19E and Gap Creek Road
Hampton, Tennessee, 37658
County: Carter
Agency: Elizabethton Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Charles Richardson, 53, was fleeing from a traffic stop in the wrong lane in a Lincoln Town Car when he collided head-on with a BMW, killing the driver, Thomas Taylor.
Unique ID: 27561

News article: Link






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