Autopsy: College football player shot by Texas police had drugs in system

Pastor Ronnie Goines, left, leans in to listen to Adrian Taylor, father of Christian Taylor, during funeral services for Christian at the Koinonia Christian Church in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015.
Pastor Ronnie Goines, left, leans in to listen to Adrian Taylor, father of Christian Taylor, during funeral services for Christian at the Koinonia Christian Church in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015.
photo FILE - This undated file photo provided by Angelo State University shows college football player Christian Taylor. Friends will join the family for a funeral for Taylor on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. Taylor was shot fatally on Aug. 7 by a North Texas police officer answering a burglary call at a car dealership. (Angelo State University via AP, File)

ARLINGTON, Texas -- An initial autopsy report has found that a black college football player killed by a police officer had used a synthetic psychedelic drug and marijuana prior to the deadly confrontation at a Texas car dealership.

Christian Taylor was unarmed when Arlington police officer Brad Miller shot him on Aug. 7. Miller has been fired.

According to the report released Wednesday the amount of THC, one of the active components of marijuana and a synthetic drug that causes hallucinations.

The autopsy showed Taylor was shot four times.

The six-foot-tall 19-year-old attended Angelo State University in San Angelo in West Texas, where he was to start his sophomore year on the team.

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