LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Louisville Metro Police officer has been shot shortly before curfew went into effect Wednesday night following protests that erupted earlier in the day after only one former officer was charged in the case of Breonna Taylor’s death. Since then, arrests were made after protesters clashed with police in the afternoon. Several fires were set throughout Louisville, including one at the Hall of Justice.
Wanton Endangerment charges were filed against the former LMPD officer Brett Hankison in the March shooting that led to the death of Taylor, a judge announced Wednesday afternoon.
Jefferson County Circuit Judge Annie O’Connell announced the findings of the Jefferson County Grand Jury. Three counts of 1st degree wanton endangerment for Hankison. It appears none of those charges involve shooting Breonna Taylor, the charges are related to shots fired into neighboring apartments.
None of the officers face charges in connection with the death of Taylor.
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10:14 pm — LMPD confirms two officers shot. Acting Chief Robert Schroeder says one of the officers is in surgery but that both officers received non-life threatening injuries. A suspect is in custody. Neither officer has been identified yet.
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7:05 pm — Kentucky Army and Air National Guardsmen have been mobilized to support the LMPD and its mission to protect critical infrastructure. These Soldiers and Airmen will work in shifts to provide 24 hours of support. “We’re here to support the city of Louisville and its citizens and provide public safety,” said Brig. Gen. Hal Lamberton, Adjutant General of the Kentucky National Guard.
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6:26 pm During a news conference at the White House, Trump had this to say on the Breonna Taylor case: “Really brilliant Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron — he’s doing a fantastic job. I think he’s a star, and he made a statement that I’ll just read: ‘Justice is not often easy. It does not fit the mold of public opinion and it does not conform to shifting standards it answers only to the facts and to the law. If we simply act on emotion or outrage, there’s no justice. Mob justice is not justice. Justice sought by violence is not justice. It just becomes revenge.’ I mean, I heard that and I said, ‘Write that down for me please.’ Because I think it was a terrific statement. He’s handling it very well. You know who he is. I think everyone now knows who he is. I will be speaking to the governor. We have a call scheduled to make very shortly with the governor. I understand he’s called up the National Guard, which is a good thing. I think it’s a very positive thing, and it’ll all work out.”
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5:24 pm Brett Hankison was booked into the Shelby County Detention Center this afternoon and posted $15,000 cash bond and is now out . This is his new mugshot.
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3:40 pm A recording of the Jefferson County Grand Jury report
 
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The Night Breonna Was Killed
Taylor, a 26-year-old Black emergency medical technician, was fatally shot just before 1 a.m. on Friday, March 13, by Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Det. Myles Cosgrove.
For details on the Breonna Taylor case and how we arrived at today’s decision, here is a synopsis of the case.
