Emergency medical technician Breonna Taylor, 26, was shot and killed by police in her home in March. Her name has become a rallying cry in protests against police brutality and social injustice.
A pair of Louisville police officers involved in the raid on Breonna Taylor's apartment last year were formally terminated from the force, effective immediately.
The officers, Detective Joshua Jaynes, who secured the warrant for the raid, and Detective Myles Cosgrove, who federal investigators said fired the fatal round during the botched narcotics search of Taylor's home on March 13, have 10 days to appeal the police department's decision.
Both officers have been on paid leave in the months since the shooting and in late December received notification from interim police chief Yvette Gentry that the Louisville Metro Police Department intended to sever their employment.