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Two Louisville Metro Police Department officers fired over their involvement in the Breonna Taylor case are appealing their termination.
Gentry alleged Jaynes was untruthful in obtaining a warrant to search Taylor’s home, which police raided on March 13, 2020, in search of evidence against her ex-boyfriend. LMPD officers fatally shot Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, during the raid.
Cosgrove’s termination letter said he violated body camera and use-of-force policies, including failing to “verify a threat” or identify a target when he discharged his gun multiple times into Taylor’s apartment ultimately firing the shot that killed Taylor, according to a ballistics report from an FBI lab.
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Updated at 3:15 a.m. ET
A pair of Louisville, Ky., police officers connected to the raid on Breonna Taylor s apartment last year were formally terminated from the force, a spokesperson for the Louisville Metro Police Department confirmed Wednesday.
The termination letters, signed by interim Police Chief Yvette Gentry, said Detective Joshua Jaynes, who secured the warrant for the March 13 raid on Taylor s home, and Detective Myles Cosgrove, who federal and Louisville investigators said fired the shot that killed the 26-year-old Taylor, were dismissed from the force as of Tuesday.
Each has 10 days to appeal the police department s decision.
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.
Taylor family
Updated at 3:15 a.m. ET
A pair of Louisville, Ky., police officers connected to the raid on Breonna Taylor s apartment last year were formally terminated from the force, a spokesperson for the Louisville Metro Police Department confirmed Wednesday.
The termination letters, signed by interim Police Chief Yvette Gentry, said Detective Joshua Jaynes, who secured the warrant for the March 13 raid on Taylor s home, and Detective Myles Cosgrove, who federal and Louisville investigators said fired the shot that killed the 26-year-old Taylor, were dismissed from the force as of Tuesday.
Each has 10 days to appeal the police department s decision.