Medal of Valor Award

Lieutenant Channing Taylor

Trooper Channing TaylorLieutenant Channing Taylor saw an older model pickup enter the parking lot of a Pilot gas station without headlights. As Lt. Taylor approached the driver and requested her driver’s license, the passenger fired several shots striking him in the right shoulder. Lt. Taylor returned fire fatally wounding the passenger. The driver fled the scene and crashed shortly afterwards where she was apprehended and arrested.