(Reuters) – Louisville, Kentucky, police on Friday initiated dismissal of one of three police officers involved in the March 13 shooting death of Breonna Taylor, the Louisville Metro Police Department said on Twitter.
Taylor, 26, a Black emergency medical technician, was killed when police officers bearing a no-knock warrant entered her apartment on a drug investigation.
“Mayor Greg Fischer today announced that LMPD Chief Rob Schroeder is initiating termination procedures against Louisville Metro Police Officer Brett Hankison,” the police department said on Twitter.
(Reporting by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
