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Maurice Taggart

Case from Pine Bluff, AR dated Aug 30, 2023

Victim Details

Maurice Taggart

Male

Black / African American

Pine Bluff

AR

2023-08-30

43

Maurice

Taggart

Substantiated

07/09/2026

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In the early morning hours of August 30, 2023, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a domestic disturbance at the home of Maurice Taggart, a 43-year-old former local official, escalated into a fatal encounter. The incident involved Taggart and his 26-year-old son, Justice Taggart, and resulted in the elder Taggart's death from gunshot wounds.

According to the Pine Bluff Police Department, the altercation began as a physical fight between father and son. Maurice Taggart's wife, Shawndra Taggart, repor ...
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