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Maurice Taggart Shot Dead By Son, Former Director of the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency

Maurice Taggart, former director of the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency, was shot to death and his son injured by gunfire early Wednesday morning during a domestic disturbance, according to the Pine Bluff Police Department.

Police went to 1 Hillcroft St., located near the Pine Bluff Country Club, a little after 2 a.m. on Wednesday because of a shooting. When they arrived, they found that two men had been shot, 43-year-old Maurice Taggart and his son, 26-year-old Justice Taggart.

Both were taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center where Maurice Taggart died from his injuries. Justice Taggart is in stable condition.

According to witnesses, the homicide began as a domestic disturbance, police said.

“During the altercation both Taggarts fought over a pistol resulting in them shooting each other,” Lt. David DeFoor stated in a news release sent at 5:35 a.m.

The police report on the incident from Officer John Woods said that when he arrived at the Taggart house, he spoke to Shawndra Taggart, who is the Jefferson County clerk.

Woods said she told him that her husband had gotten into a fight with her son and that her husband had shot her son.

“Officer P. Meachem and I went to the back of the residence and noticed one black male wearing a red shirt with blue jeans, lying on the ground near the stairs at the back door (later identified as Maurice Taggart),” Woods wrote, “and another black male wearing a blue shirt with grey sweatpants lying on the ground next to the carport (later identified as Justice Taggart). Both males were bleeding through their shirts from their upper body areas. Both males had gunshot wounds on their upper body areas.”

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Sebrina Pilcher

Update: 2024-05-09