Detective blindly fired 10 rounds into the apartment and endangered others, chief says
The Louisville, Ky., Metro Police Department is moving to fire one of the three police officers involved in the March killing of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said Friday.
Ms. Taylor was asleep with her boyfriend when the three officers, who had secured a no-knock warrant to search her home in connection with a drug case, broke through her apartment’s front door.
In a letter advising Detective Brett Hankison that the department was initiating his termination, Police Chief Robert Schroeder said the officer violated procedures when he “wantonly and blindly” fired 10 rounds into the apartment.
The chief said Detective Hankison fired into a patio door and window covered with material that prevented him from verifying whether someone was an imminent threat.
Detective Hankison was disciplined last year for reckless conduct that injured an innocent person, according to the chief.
