Police officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting fired

Taylor, who was Black, was shot eight times by officers who burst into her Louisville home using a no-knock warrant during a March 13 narcotics investigation.

A portrait of Breonna Taylor, a medical worker in Louisville, Ky., who was killed in her apartment by the police in March, is seen at a memorial in Louisville, Ky., June 7, 2020. Luke Sharrett/The New York Times

By Associated Press

June 23, 2020

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.

A file photo provided by the Louisville Metro Police Department shows officer Brett Hankison.

A termination letter for Officer Brett Hankison released by the city’s police department today said Hankinson violated procedures by showing “extreme indifference to the value of human life” when he “wantonly and blindly” shot 10 rounds of gunfire into Taylor’s apartment in March. The letter also said Hankinson violated the rule against using deadly force.

Taylor, who was Black, was shot eight times by officers who burst into her Louisville home using a no-knock warrant during a March 13 narcotics investigation. No drugs were found at her home.