Two police officers who were part of the raid that ended with the shooting and death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, are reportedly being terminated by the Louisville Metro Police Department. The move comes nine months after Taylor was killed in her apartment when police attempted to carry out a search (article available here).
Attorneys for detectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes have confirmed that both have been given pre-termination letters by the Interim Police Chief.
Jaynes was not at the raid. He was responsible for obtaining the police warrant that led to the incident at Taylor's home.
Jaynes asked the court to issue a warrant, supporting his request by saying that police learned from a postal inspector that a drug suspect, Taylor's ex-boyfriend, had received packages at her address. But he later acknowledged to investigators that he had not verified that information with a postal inspector.
"These are extreme violations of our policies, which endangered others," Chief Gentry wrote in the pre-termination letter obtained by The New York Times.
Cosgrove was one of multiple police officers who fired shots that killed Breonna Taylor during a botched narcotics raid at her home in March 2020. Previous coverage available here.