Two of the officers who shot Breonna Taylor during a raid at her home in March have been cleared of any wrongdoing.Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly was the first to enter the apartment that night. Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Mattingly saw her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, holding his gun in the position to shoot and then felt a gunshot to his leg.He and Detective Myles Cosgrove and former Detective Brett Hankison all fired shots during the raid at Taylor's Louisville home. On Wednesday, the grand jury decided to indict Hankison on three counts of wanton endangerment, but those charges stem from him opening fire and the shots going into a neighboring apartment occupied by a man, a pregnant woman and a child, Cameron said.Mattingly's attorney, Kent J. Wicker, issued a statement after the grand jury's announcement. The statement reads:"The grand jury's decision to not indict Sgt. Mattingly or Det. Cosgrove shows that the system worked and that grand jurors recognized and respected the facts of the case. The death of Breonna Taylor is a tragedy. But these officers did not act in a reckless or unprofessional manner. They did their duty, performed their roles as law enforcement officers and, above all, did not break the law."Cameron reaffirmed that the lack of body camera footage made the case difficult, so his team had to use ballistic evidence, 911 calls, interviews and radio traffic.Cameron said evidence shows Mattingly, who Cameron said is the only one to enter the apartment, fired six shots, Cosgrove fired 16 and Hankison fired 10, for a total of 32 shots.Based on this evidence, Cameron said neither Mattingly nor Cosgrove's actions fit any of the six types of homicides. He said he and the grand jury agreed that they were justified in the shooting since Walker, admittedly, fired first.Click here to read more about the grand jury announcement.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two of the officers who shot Breonna Taylor during a raid at her home in March have been cleared of any wrongdoing.
Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly was the first to enter the apartment that night. Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Mattingly saw her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, holding his gun in the position to shoot and then felt a gunshot to his leg.
He and Detective Myles Cosgrove and former Detective Brett Hankison all fired shots during the raid at Taylor's Louisville home. On Wednesday, the grand jury decided to indict Hankison on three counts of wanton endangerment, but those charges stem from him opening fire and the shots going into a neighboring apartment occupied by a man, a pregnant woman and a child, Cameron said.
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Mattingly's attorney, Kent J. Wicker, issued a statement after the grand jury's announcement. The statement reads:
"The grand jury's decision to not indict Sgt. Mattingly or Det. Cosgrove shows that the system worked and that grand jurors recognized and respected the facts of the case. The death of Breonna Taylor is a tragedy. But these officers did not act in a reckless or unprofessional manner. They did their duty, performed their roles as law enforcement officers and, above all, did not break the law."
Cameron reaffirmed that the lack of body camera footage made the case difficult, so his team had to use ballistic evidence, 911 calls, interviews and radio traffic.
Cameron said evidence shows Mattingly, who Cameron said is the only one to enter the apartment, fired six shots, Cosgrove fired 16 and Hankison fired 10, for a total of 32 shots.
Based on this evidence, Cameron said neither Mattingly nor Cosgrove's actions fit any of the six types of homicides. He said he and the grand jury agreed that they were justified in the shooting since Walker, admittedly, fired first.
Click here to read more about the grand jury announcement.