Breonna Taylor
On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old American emergency medical technician, was shot eight times to death by Louisville Metro Police Department officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove who entered her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, United States while serving a "no-knock warrant". The investigation was supposedly centered around a "trap house" over 10 miles (16 km) away from the residence of the victim and the two people that police believed were distributing controlled substances.
Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, allegedly discharged his firearm first, injuring a law enforcement officer. Walker's lawyer stated that Walker thought that someone was entering the residence illegally, and that Walker acted only in self-defense. Walker faced criminal charges of first-degree assault and attempted murder of a police officer. Walker was released from jail due to coronavirus concerns, which drew criticism from Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Steve Conrad. In late May 2020, Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Wine moved to dismiss all charges against Walker. The case could be presented to a grand jury again after reviewing the results of investigations by the FBI and Kentucky Attorney General’s Office. He dropped the charges because the officers never mentioned her name to the grand jury or the fact that they shot her. Walker's close friends said that his job was to protect Breonna at any cost. On May 22, 2020, Judge Olu Stevens released Walker out of home incarceration. Rob Eggert, an attorney representing him released a statement saying that "he just wanted to resume his life". At the same time, his attorney said that he could be charged again later as more facts come out of the shooting
Taylor was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on June 5, 1993, to Tamika Palmer and Troy Herrod. She graduated from Western High School and went on to study at the University of Kentucky. Taylor worked at two hospitals, University of Louisville Jewish Hospital and Norton Healthcare. According to her personnel records, she worked for the city of Louisville from January to November 2016 and she was promoted to be an emergency medical technician on June of 2016, which her parents said she was proud of that career path. At the time of her death, she was working for University of Louisville Health
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