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The FBI has been asked to help investigate the death of 19-year-old Christian Taylor, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said
Taylor was fatally shot by a police officer during a burglary call at the Classic Buick GMC in Arlington
Arlington officer Brad Miller has been placed on administrative leave
Police had been contacted by a company that manages security cameras at for the car dealership
Authorities were advised someone drove a car onto the lot, started to damage another car, then drove his own vehicle into the glass front of the showroom

By Associated Press and Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 01:55 EST, 9 August 2015 | Updated: 09:37 EST, 9 August 2015

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Surveillance video has emerged showing a Texas college football player damaging and breaking into a car at a dealership lot, before he was later shot dead by police.

The FBI has been asked to help investigate the death of 19-year-old Christian Taylor, who was fatally shot by an officer during a burglary call at a car dealership, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said Saturday.

The footage revealed Taylor, wearing sunglasses, slammed a car window with his fist, before he walked a few steps away from the vehicle. Taylor turned around and began walking on the car's front hood -- and was caught on camera kicking the front windshield.

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Footage: 19-year-old Christian Taylor turned around and began walking on the car's front hood -- and was caught on camera kicking the front windshield

Extraction: Taylor is seen pulling glass out of the car at the dealership parking lot

Getting in: Taylor was filmed lowering himself into the vehicle through the windshield

Christian Taylor. 19 (left in a college photo), was shot and killed by Officer Brad Miller (right) at the Classic Buick GMC dealership in Arlington, Texas, on Friday. Police said they were responding to a burglary

Taylor pulled a piece of the glass windshield out before looking at his hand and putting it up toward his face. Footage showed Taylor repeatedly jumped on the hood of the car, causing it to shake.

He yanked on glass and pulled out the rear-view mirror, before he lowered himself into the vehicle. Later, Taylor was filmed exiting the driver's side door and walking through the dealership parking lot, stepping over a gate.

Surveillance footage revealed that a vehicle drove through the gate and up toward the car dealership, before it drove into it. Video showed police later walked through the parking lot and approached the building, before an ambulance showed up.

Christian Taylor breaks into a car before being shot by cop

During a news conference Saturday night, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said he had spoken to the FBI's Dallas field office after the death early Friday of Christian Taylor, a 19-year-old African-American who was unarmed when shot by a white police officer. Johnson stressed the move 'in no way diminishes my confidence' in local officers to conduct the investigation.

Arlington officer Brad Miller has been placed on administrative leave. Police say the officer, who joined Arlington police last year and was still completing his department field training, had never before fired his weapon in the line of duty.

Exit: Taylor later got out of the vehicle through the driver's side door

Trek: Taylor walked across the parking lot, stepping over the gate

Entrance: He was filmed later driving through the gate

Taylor's death came two days before the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown's death galvanized the 'Black Lives Matter' movement and sparked protests that at times turned violent.

Johnson mentioned the current climate during the news conference, noting that 'our nation has been wrestling with the topics of social injustice, inequities, racism and police misconduct' and that his department would 'pledge to act in a transparent manner.'

Johnson said Miller and another officer found Taylor 'freely roaming' inside the dealership's showroom when they arrived, sometime after 1 a.m. Friday.

The officers told Taylor to surrender and lie down on the ground, but he refused, the chief said. They saw him trying to escape the showroom and pursued him.

The incident ended with Miller shooting his service weapon four times at Taylor, hitting him at least twice, according to Johnson. The officer with Miller - his field training officer, a nearly two-decade veteran - used his Taser, but not a gun.

Texas teen shot dead by rookie cop during burglary call

Football player: Taylor graduated last year from Mansfield Summit High School in Arlington

Investigation: A police officer stands at the scene. The FBI has been asked to help investigate the death of 19-year-old Christian Taylor

Police had gone to the Classic Buick GMC in Arlington, about 10 miles west of Dallas, after being contacted by a company that manages security cameras at for the car dealership

Johnson repeatedly refused to describe the confrontation or say how close Taylor got to either officer before Miller opened fire.

Police had gone to the Classic Buick GMC in Arlington, about 10 miles west of Dallas, after being contacted by a company that manages security cameras at for the car dealership. Police were advised that someone had driven a car onto the lot, started to damage another car, then drove his own vehicle into the glass front of the showroom. Johnson said Taylor appeared to have kicked out the windshield of a car.

Some of the nationwide criticism of police use of force in the last year has happened online, and Taylor's death resonated on social media, with some posts questioning the official account and calling for video to be released.

Police say they are investigating Taylor's death both as a possible criminal case and to determine whether department rules were broken.

Taylor graduated last year from Mansfield Summit High School in Arlington and was listed on Angelo State's roster as a 5-foot-9, 180-pound defensive back.