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The Latest on athlete’s death: Police release 911 call

Jaylen McCray, middle, participates in a vigil for Christian Taylor, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. Taylor was killed by police at a car dealership on Friday, Aug. 7. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES
Jaylen McCray, middle, participates in a vigil for Christian Taylor, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. Taylor was killed by police at a car dealership on Friday, Aug. 7. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES Jaylen McCray, middle, participates in a vigil for Christian Taylor, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. Taylor was killed by police at a car dealership on Friday, Aug. 7. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The latest on the fatal shooting by police in Texas of unarmed college football player Christian Taylor (all times CDT):

7 p.m.

Texas police have released audio of a 911 call made by the company manning the exterior cameras at a car dealership where a police officer killed an unarmed Texas college football player.

In the audio released Tuesday, the caller can be heard telling a 911 operator that a “thin black man with a blond Mohawk” was seen jumping on the windshield of a gray Ford Mustang.

Police say that man, 19-year-old Christian Taylor, would ram a vehicle into the showroom of the Classic Buick GMC dealership. Police said Officer Brad Miller confronted Taylor in the showroom and eventually shot at him four times, hitting him at least twice.