Deadly conduct trial of APD officer Christopher Taylor to start this week

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The jury selection for an Austin police officer accused of deadly conduct in the 2019 death of Mauris DeSilva started Monday.
Christopher Taylor faces one deadly conduct charge, which is a 3rd-degree felony. Taylor and another police officer, Karl Krycia, were both indicted in 2021 for one count of murder and the one count of deadly conduct – discharge firearm, according to the Travis County District Attorney’s Office.The trial is scheduled to start this week.
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