Sheriff: Officer was 'promising, kind young man'

PUNTA GORDA — The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office identified the deputy who died in the line of duty Tuesday night.

Deputy Christopher Taylor, 23, was conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 75 in Punta Gorda around 8:45 p.m.

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