New York Officer Killed in Afghanistan

New York Officer Killed in Afghanistan

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 23, 2008
A New York City police officer serving in the United States Army National Guard has been killed in Afghanistan.

The officer, Deon L. Taylor, joined the Police Department in 2005 and had worked undercover. He was deployed to Afghanistan in January as a fire direction specialist. Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said Officer Taylor was killed on Wednesday.

Officer Taylor was set to return in December, and was planning to marry. He had an 8-year-old son.

Mr. Kelly expressed condolences to the officer’s friends and family, adding that Officer Taylor courageously served his city at home and his nation abroad.

The police said that 258 members of the department are on leave to serve in the military, many of them in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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