Overview

• Officer Christopher Taylor was on trial for the fatal shooting of Michael Ramos in April 2020.
• The jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict after five days of deliberations, resulting in a mistrial.
• Ramos was shot as he was driving away from police officers who were attempting to arrest him in an apartment complex parking lot.
• The incident was sparked by a 911 call reporting a man with a gun using drugs in a car, but a search of the car did not find a gun.
• Taylor's defense argued that he acted in self-defense, believing that Ramos was going to run them over.