Dallas Officer Shoots Suspect Who intentionally Hit Multiple Vehicles With a Stolen U-Haul Truck

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* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Dallas, Texas — On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, around 11:00 a.m., Dallas Police Northwest Covert and Crime Response Team officers were watching a stolen U-Haul truck in the 9600 block of El Centro Drive. Officers reported seeing 41-year-old Ryan Taylor get into the truck and drive away. Taylor intentionally backed into a covert vehicle causing the airbags to deploy and pushing them into a fire hydrant. Officers tried to stop him, but he sped away on side streets and onto the Dallas North Tollway. For 13 minutes Taylor refused to stop for officers, intentionally hitting 13 vehicles. After getting off the tollway, Taylor continued to flee from police and hit other vehicles, before hitting the center median, hitting a tree, and crashing in the 7200 block of Lemmon Avenue. Taylor abandoned the truck and ran towards an open bay door of a private hangar building. Officers ran after Taylor and he fired twice at the officer. Ofc. Kennan Craven returned fire, striking Taylor in the leg. Taylor was taken into custody and then to a local hospital. No officers were injured, and no injuries were reported in the vehicles that Taylor crashed into along the way. Officers found the handgun Taylor fired at the scene, which was reported stolen. Taylor will be charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault of a public servant, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, and evading arrest in a vehicle.