The Louisville police detective who applied for the “no-knock” warrant that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor has been reassigned.
Interim Louisville Metro Police Chief Rob Schroeder said Det. Joshua Jaynes has been placed on administrative reassignment. Schroeder added that the FBI has been notified of the case.
“This matter has also been referred to the FBI,” he said. “This is all part of the process of getting to the truth of what happened that night, and leading up to that night.”
In reassigning Jaynes, Schroeder cited a U.S. Postal inspector who said police did not use his office to verify that a drug suspect was receiving packages at Breonna Taylor’s apartment, one of the factors listed in officers’ request for a “no-knock” warrant for her home, according to WAVE3.com.
Narcotics officers executed the “no-knock” warrant at Taylor’s apartment shortly after midnight on March 13. Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, thinking someone was breaking into the apartment, fired a weapon, hitting Officer Jon Mattingly. Police then began shooting, striking Taylor eight times.
No drugs were found in the apartment, and the man police were looking for, a former boyfriend of Taylor’s, was already in jail.
The three officers involved in the shooting, Mattingly, Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison, have also been placed on administrative reassignment.
(Photo: Breonna Taylor)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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