Cosgrove was determined to have fired the fatal shot that killed Taylor. On September 23, a state grand jury indicted Hankison on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment for endangering Taylor's neighbors with his shots. On September 15, the city of Louisville agreed to pay Taylor's family $12 million and reform police practices. On June 23, 2020, the LMPD fired Hankison for blindly firing through the covered patio door and window of Taylor's apartment. Walker was charged with assault and attempted murder of a police officer, but the charges were dismissed with prejudice 12 months later. According to police, Taylor's home was never searched.
During the incident, Hankison moved to the side of the apartment and shot 10 bullets through a covered window and glass door. Walker was unhurt but Taylor, who was behind Walker, was hit by six bullets and died. The shot hit Mattingly in the leg, and the officers fired 32 shots in return. The officers said that they announced themselves as police before forcing entry, but Walker said he did not hear any announcement, thought the officers were intruders, and fired a warning shot at them.
Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, was inside the apartment with her when the plainclothes officers knocked on the door and then forced entry. Three Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers-Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove-were involved in the shooting. Deprivation of rights under color of law resulting in death (2 counts)įirst-degree wanton endangerment (3 counts) īreonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American woman, was fatally shot in her Louisville, Kentucky apartment on March 13, 2020, when at least seven police officers forced entry into the apartment as part of an investigation into drug dealing operations.
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