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An internal probe into the death of
Breonna Taylor that was conducted by two investigators determined that the three Louisville Metro Police Department officers involved, should not have fired shots into her apartment on March 13, 2020.
ABC News obtained documents that said Sgt. Andrew Meyer from the department’s Professional Standards Unit determined that the three officers should have held their fire after Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot. Meyer’s report was supported by Lt. Jeff Artman: “They took a total of thirty-two shots when the provided circumstances made it unsafe to take a single shot. This is how the wrong person was shot and killed,” Meyer wrote in his report. He added that the officers involved in the raid that resulted in Taylor’s death – Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove – violated the department’s use-of-force policy when they ignored the risk of hitting someone who did not pose a threat, ABC reported. Meyer
Officers who killed Breonna Taylor should not have fired their weapons, internal investigator finds
By Marisa Iati The Washington Post,Updated May 10, 2021, 9:16 p.m.
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Louisville demonstrators demanded justice for Breonna Taylor on March 13, the first anniversary of the fatal police raid on her apartment.Joshua Lott/The Washington Post
Two Louisville police officers whose shots struck and killed Breonna Taylor never should have fired their weapons, a department investigator found - a conclusion that the forceâs upper brass partly rejected.
While the officers had a right to protect themselves when Taylor s boyfriend fired at them, the circumstances made it unsafe to take a single shot in response, Sgt. Andrew Meyer wrote in a Dec. 4 memo summarizing his investigation.
Two investigators who conducted an internal probe into the death of Breonna Taylor determined the three Louisville Metro Police Department officers involved should not have fired shots into her apartment.
According to documents obtained by ABC News, Sgt. Andrew Meyer from the department s Professional Standards Unit determined that the three officers should have held their fire after Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot.
Meyer’s report was supported by Lt. Jeff Artman, ABC reported.
ADVERTISEMENT They took a total of thirty-two shots, when the provided circumstances made it unsafe to take a single shot. This is how the wrong person was shot and killed, Meyer wrote in his report.