--- description: A Texas police officer shot and killed a black, unarmed 19-year-old college football player, Christian Taylor, in suburban Dallas Friday title: Unarmed Texas Football Player Killed by Police image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7235339bfc937b4a/69885e6bf887dc5710e91c6a/14947_asu_logo.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Unarmed Texas Football Player Killed by Police by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 8, 2015 12:57 PM CUT  Angelo State University by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 8, 2015 12:57 PM CUT A Texas police officer [shot and killed a black college football player](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FKILLINGS%5FBY%5FPOLICE%5FFOOTBALL%5FPLAYER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined") in suburban Dallas Friday, according to authorities. Police were responding to a burglary call at a car dealership in Arlington and found that the 19-year-old player, Christian Taylor, had crashed a car through the dealership’s front window, the Associated Press reports. A struggle ensued in which Taylor, who was unarmed, was shot by police officer Brad Miller. Miller, who has no record of disciplinary action and no commendations, has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. Arlington police officers don’t wear body cameras, but officials are examining surveillance footage from the scene. Taylor was a defensive back at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. “Heart is hurting,” Angelo State football coach Will Wagner wrote on Twitter following the shooting. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3989681/christian-taylor-unarmed-killed-police/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3989681/christian-taylor-unarmed-killed-police/"},"headline":"Unarmed Texas Football Player Killed by Police","datePublished":"2015-08-08T12:57:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:01:16.414Z","description":"Incident occurred after cops responded to burglary call","url":"https://time.com/3989681/christian-taylor-unarmed-killed-police/","keywords":["Texas","Crime","shooting"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7235339bfc937b4a/69885e6bf887dc5710e91c6a/14947_asu_logo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7235339bfc937b4a/69885e6bf887dc5710e91c6a/14947_asu_logo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"angelo state university logo","caption":"angelo state university logo","creditText":"Angelo State University","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3989681/christian-taylor-unarmed-killed-police/","name":"Unarmed Texas Football Player Killed by Police"}}]}] ```