ST. LOUIS (, KTVI) A man charged with killing an off-duty campus police officer 17 years ago has posted bond and been released from jail.

Brandon M. Levy, 46, posted $5,000 cash Monday after a judge set bond at $50,000 with 10% payment allowed. Levy is charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 shooting death of Demond Taylor, 34, a St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley campus police officer.

Taylor was fatally shot June 20, 2008, while sitting in his car at a red light near Page Boulevard and Academy Avenue. He was off-duty and had taken the day off for a dental appointment before planning to pick up his two sons for the weekend.

The case remained unsolved for 17 years until investigators filed charges against Levy this past weekend. 

According to court documents, three witnesses came forward between 2018 and this year, alleging Levy mistakenly shot Taylor, believing he was a rival gang member.

Associate Circuit Judge Michael Colona initially ordered Levy held without bond, but modified it Monday after Levy told the court he works as a custodian and is attending community college to become a surgical technician. Levy also volunteers as a football coach, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

The judge ordered Levy to attend all hearings, not tamper with witnesses, obey all laws and avoid weapons and drugs. 

Taylor would have turned 52 this past Sunday.

Levy’s next court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday, with a preliminary hearing set for Sept. 25.

“After a confined docket hearing on August 25, 2025, Associate Circuit Judge Michael Colona modified the defendant’s bond to $50,000 cash-only, requiring 10 percent to be posted. The State requested that the bond conditions imposed on August 23, 2025, remain in place. The defendant posted bond, and the court released him under court-ordered conditions. The court-ordered conditions require the defendant to attend all hearings, comply with all judgments and sentences, notify the court of any change of address, not tamper with victims or witnesses (and prevent others from doing so on his behalf), obey all laws, and not possess weapons or narcotics unless prescribed. The Circuit Attorney’s Office does not comment on pending cases.”

– The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office wrote to affiliate KTVI.