Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT worker in Louisville, Kentucky, who dedicated her life to helping others live was shot and killed by police in March when officers executed a search warrant at her home.
Shortly after midnight on March 13, 2020, Louisville police entered the apartment of Breonna Taylor and Kenneth Walker using a battering ram to force open the door.
The suspected drug dealer had allegedly been seen walking into Taylor’s apartment one January afternoon with a USPS package before leaving and driving to a known drug house, and the warrant claimed that a US Postal Inspector confirmed that the man had been receiving packages at the apartment.
Despite the “no-knock” warrant allowing officers not to announce themselves while entering, Louisville police claimed they announced themselves while entering the home after knocking several times and saying they were Louisville police officers with a search warrant.
Walker said in his police interrogation that Taylor yelled multiple times, “Who is it?”