AS
AS WE
AS WE WAIT FOR ANSWERS FROM THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE--
OFFICE-- WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE SAME EVIDENCE HIS TEAM HAS BEEN
EXAMINING SINCE LATE MAY.
USING POLICE INTERVIEWS, COURT
DOCUMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC
RECORDS-- FOCUS TEAM
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SHAY MCALISTER HAS PIECED
TOGETHER THE
NIGHT BREONNA TAYLOR DIED...
MINUTE
BY MINUTE.
BY MINUTE.
CIVIL
CIVIL UNREST ON LOUISVILLE CITY STREETS..
STREETS..
STREETS.. WEEKS OF PROTESTS AND CALLS FOR
CHANGE.
CHANGE. BUT HOW DID WE GET HERE? TO UNDER WE HAVE TO GO BACK.
THURSDAY MARCH 12TH-- JUDGE MARY
SHAW SIGNS OFF ON FIVE WARRANTS
AS PART OF A LARGE NARCOTICS
INVESTIGATION.
THREE WARRANTS WERE FOR
PROPERTIES
ON ELLIOTT AVENUE IN WEST
LOUISVILLE.
DETECTIVES WROTE THEY WERE
LOOKING
FOR DRUGS, WEAPONS, ELECTRONICS
AND MAIL
RELATED
TO ILLEGAL DRUG
ACTIVITY. A
FOURTH WARRANT WAS FOR A HOUSE
ON
MUHAMMAD ALI... AND THEN THIS
WARRANT...
WARRANT...
FOR
FOR 26
FOR 26 YEAR OLD BREONNA TAYLOR'S SOUTH LOUISVILLE APARTMENT. HOW
WAS TAYLOR CONNECTED? SHE WASN'T
THE MAIN SUSPECT I
N THE CASE BUT SHE WAS NAMED ON
THE
THE
THE WARRANT. DETECTIVES SAY IN JANUARY OF
THIS YEAR
THEY WITNESSED THEIR MAIN
SUSPECT--
JAMARCUS GLOVER-- ARRIVE AT
TAYLOR'S
APARTMENT, GO INSIDE AND THEN
COME BACK
OUT WITH A PACKAGE.
POLICE SAY GLOVER THEN GOT INTO
HIS CAR
AND DROVE TO THE MUHAMMAD ALI
ADDRESS WHICH THE DETECTIVE SAID
WAS A
WAS A
WAS A "KNOWN DRUG HOUSE." THE WARRANT GOES ON TO SAY THAT
A US
POSTAL INSPECTOR VERIFIED THAT
GLOVER
HAD BEEN RECEIVING PACKAGES AT
TAYLOR'S
APARTMENT-- AND THAT IT IS "NOT
UNCOMMON
UNCOMMON
UNCOMMON FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO RECEIVE MAIL PACKAGES AT
DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS TO AVOID
DETECTION
DETECTION
FROM
FROM LAW
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT." DETECTIVES ALSO WROTE THEY BELIEVED
BELIEVED
GLOVER
GLOVER MAY BE KEEPING NARCOTICS AND OR PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF
NARCOTICS INSIDE TAYLOR'S
APARTMENT "FOR SAFE KEEPING"
ON THE NIGHT ON MARCH 12TH--
DETECTIVE JOHN MATTINGLY AND
SEVERAL OTHERS WERE BRIEFED ON
THE PLAN--
MATTINGLY SAYS HE DROVE BY
TAYLOR'S
APARTMENT AROUND 11-30 TO SCOPE
IT OUT.
IT OUT.
IT OUT. AND THEN AROUND 12- 30 IN THE
MORNING
MORNING ON MARCH 13TH. THE OFFICERS PARKED IN FRONT OF BREONNA TAYLOR'S
BUILDING.
AND WALKED UP TO HER DOOR.
MATTINGLY POLICE INTERVIEW
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"WHEN SWAT WAS DOING THEIR THING
AT
24 ELLIOTT WE EXECUTED OURS AT
THE
SAME TIME."
10 MILES AWAY OFFICERS EXECUTED
A
WARRANT AT A DIFFERENT PROPERTY
ON ELLIOTT AVENUE-- THERE POLICE
FOUND
FOUND
FOUND MAIN SUSPECT GLOVER AND ARRESTED HIM.
AROUND 12-40 OFFICERS BEGAN TO
BANG ON TAYLOR'S DOOR-- SETTING
INTO
INTO
INTO THE
INTO THE MOTION THE EVENTS THAT LED TO
HER DEATH.
SOT- KENNETH WALKER POLICE
INTERVIEW
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INTERVIEW 720 "LAYING IN BED- THERE'S A LOUD
KNOCK
AT THE DOOR."
THE DETECTIVES SAY THEY KNOCKED
ON THE
DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES. MATTINGLY
POLICE INTERVIEW
"KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, BANGED ON
IT, WE DIDN'T ANNOUNCE THE FIRST
COUPLE BECAUSE OUR INTENT WAS NOT TO HIT THE
DOOR, OUR INTENT WAS TO GIVE HER
PLENTY OF
PLENTY OF
PLENTY OF TIME TO COME TO THE DOOR BECAUSE THEY
SAID SHE WAS PROBABLY THERE
ALONE."
IN POLICE INTERVIEW-- KENNETH
WALKER
WALKER TELLS POLICE HE AND TAYLOR WERE IN BED-- WATCHING A MOVIE-- WHEN IT
STARTED.
SOT- KENNETH WALKER POLICE
INTERVIEW
1947
INTERVIEW 1947 "THERE A LOUD BANG AT THE DOOR-
SHE POPS OUT OF SLEEP- IT SCARED
HER- ME TOO. LIKE WHO IS THAT?"
WALKER SAYS THEY JUMPED OUT BED,
STARTED TO GET DRESSED-- HE
GRABBED HIS GUN.
AT THE SAME TIMEDETECTIVES TOOK
BATTERING RAM AGAINST THE DOOR.
SOT- KENNETH WALKER POLICE
INTERVIEW 2105 "WE BOTH JUST PUTTING ON
SOMETHING TO GO ANSWER THE DOOR,
SEE WHO'S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR,
ITS LATE
ITS LATE
AT
AT NIGHT
AT NIGHT SO WHEN WE COME OUT, GET OUT OF THE BED, WALKING TOWARDS THE
DOOR,
DOOR,
THE
THE DOOR
THE DOOR LIKE COMES OFF THE HINGES SO I JUST LET OFF ONE SHOT- STILL
CAN'T SEE WHO IT IS OR
ANYTHING." BUT DETECTIVE
MATTINGLY SAYS HE SAW THEM.
MATTINGLY POLICE INTERVIEW 935
"I'M FACE ON, ABOUT 20 FEET
AWAY, RIGHT DOWN THE HALLWAY
THERE'S A BEDROOM DOOR ON THE
RIGHT-
RIGHT- AND THERE'S A MALE AND A FEMALE- THE MALE IS CLOSEST TO
THE DOOR-- SO TO MY RIGHT-- AND
I TURNED THE DOORWAY HE'S IN A
STRETCHED OUT POSITION WITH HIS
HANDS, WITH A GUN, AND AS SOON
AS I CLEAR- HE FIRES BOOM." WALKER SAYS SHOTS STARTED
FLYING-- HE FELL TO THE GROUND
AND DROPPED HIS GUN. MATTINGLY
WAS SHOT. MATTINGLY POLICE
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"AS SOON AS THE SHOT HIT I COULD
FEEL THE HIT IN MY LEG-- AND SO
I JUST RETURNED FIRE-- I GOT
FOUR ROUNDS OFF AND IT WAS LIKE
SIMULTANEOUS- LIKE BOOM, BOOM,
BOOM, BOOM." THE DETECTIVE SAYS HE FIRED TWO
MORE ROUNDS-- THEN TOLD OTHER
OFFICERS HE'D BEEN SHOT. IT WAS CALLED OVER THE RADIO AT
12-43 AM-- ACCORDING TO A CAD
REPORT PROVIDED BY THE MAYOR. DETECTIVE MYLES COSGROVE FIRED
SHOTS FROM INSIDE THE APARTMENT.
BRETT
HANKISON BLINDLY FIRED 10
ROUNDS FROM OUTSIDE-- THROUGH
THE PATIO DOOR ACCORDING TO HIS
TERMINATION LETTER.
TERMINATION LETTER. SOT- KENNETH WALKER POLICE INTERVIEW
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INTERVIEW 2153 "WHEN ALL THE SHOTS STOP I'M
LIKE
PANICKING- SHE'S RIGHT THERE ON
THE
THE
THE GROUND LIKE- BLEEDING AND. AND.
YEAH."
YEAH."
YEAH." RECORDS SHOW THREE NEIGHBORS CALLED 911 AT 12-42 REPORTING
SHOTS
SHOTS
NEAR
NEAR THEIR APARTMENT. FIVE MINUTES LATER-- AFTER CALLING HIS MOM-- WALKER DIALS 911.
WALKER 911 CALL
00
"911- OPERATOR HARRIS- WHERE IS
YOUR EMERGENCY?"
YOUR EMERGENCY?" "I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING-
SOMEBODY KICKED IN THE DOOR AND
SHOT MY GIRLFRIEND."
"OK- WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?" "I'M AT 3003 SPRINGFIELD DRIVE
APARTMENT 4."
"3003 SPRINGFIELD DRIVE
APARTMENT NUMBER 4?"
"YES.. OH MY GOD. "
"OK-
"OK- HOW
"OK- HOW OLD IS YOUR GIRLFRIEND?" "SHE'S 26. BREONNA. OH MY GOD."
MEANWHILE-- OFFICERS
RUSH TO THE
SCENE ON WORD OF AN INJURED
DETECTIVE. DETECTIVES ON SCENE PUT A TOURNIQUET ON MATTINGLY'S LEG AS THEY WAIT FOR EMS.
MATTINGLY
MATTINGLY POLICE INTERVIEW 1440 "AT SOME POINT EMS SHOWS UP- IT
SEEMED
SEEMED
SEEMED LIKE FOREVER- I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY TOOK."
MATTINGLY WAS RUSHED TO
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WHERE HE
WENT INTO SURGERY. ACCORDING TO
THE TAYLOR FAMILY ATTORNEYS, 120
LMPD
LMPD OFFICERS WENT TO THE COMPLEX IN THE HOURS AFTER THE SHOOTING.
BUT NO ONE WENT INTO THE
APARTMENT
TO PROVIDE AID TO TAYLOR-- UNTIL
WALKER
WALKER
WALKER WAS CALLED OUT.
KENNETH
KENNETH WALKER POLICE INTERVIEW 2730
2730
2730 "I'M
2730 "I'M STILL YELLING HELP BECAUSE
SHE'S OVER HERE LIKE COUGHING
AND I'M JUST FREAKING OUT BUT I'M ON THE PHONE WITH HER MOM
NOW AT THIS POINT. THEY KEEP
YELLING- COME OUT!"
WALKER SAYS POLICE TOLD HIM TO
DROP HIS PHONE SO HE DOES-- AND
THEN WALKS
THEN WALKS BACKWARDS TO THE OFFICERS. KENNETH WALKER POLICE INTERVIEW
2850
2850
2850 "I'M
2850 "I'M DOING EVERYTHING THEY'RE ASKING ME TO SLOWLY AND SURELY--
AND I'M TELLING THEM I'M SCARED
TO DEATH."
TO DEATH."
WALKER
WALKER SURRENDERED TO POLICE-- AS SWAT MOVED INTO THE APARTMENT-- FINDING AN
UNRESPONSIVE
BREONNA TAYLOR ON THE HALLWAY
FLOOR.
WALKER WAS ARRESTED AT THE
SCENE-- AND TAKEN TO LMPD
HEADQUARTERS--
HEADQUARTERS--
WHERE
WHERE HE
WHERE HE WAS INTERROGATED FOR SEVERAL HOURS-- THE INTERVIEW WRAPPING
UP AFTER 5-30 IN THE MORNING.
KENNETH WALKER POLICE
INTERVIEW-CLIP
3
INTERVIEW-CLIP 3 2018
3 2018
3 2018 "I
3 2018 "I LITERALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND
THIS AT
ALL. I HAVE NO REASON- LIKE I
DON'T
UNDERSTAND AT ALL WHY THEY WERE
KNOCKING ON HER DOOR- UNLESS IT
WAS A
WAS A
WAS A MISTAKE. LIKE I ASKED THAT A MILLION TIMES OUT THERE, WHY
WERE THEY KNOCKING ON HER DOOR.
AND NO ONE HAD AN ANSWER."
"THA
T'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO
FIGURE OUT MAN."
WALKER WAS CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A POLICE
OFFICER--
OFFICER-- A CHARGE THAT WAS LATER DISMISSED. LATER THAT DAY-- LMPD BRIEFED
THE MEDIA
THE MEDIA
ABOUT
ABOUT THE
ABOUT THE INCIDENT. LT. TED EIDEM- MEDIA BRIEFING 533
"THE VICTIM WHO DIED.IS UM.
WE'RE
STILL WORKING THROUGH WHAT HER
INVOLVEMENT WAS IN THE NARCOTICS
INVESTIGATION. HER IDENTITY WILL
BE RELEASED BY THE CORONER'S OFFICE
AT A
AT A
AT A LATER DATE." AS POLICE BRIEFED THE MEDIA--
THE PUBLIC
INTEGRITY UNIT SEARCHED THROUGH
TAYLOR'S APARTMENT.
TAYLOR'S APARTMENT. GETTING A WARRANT RIGHT AFTER THE
SHOOTING-- THEY SPENT MUCH OF
THE
DAY COLLECTING EVIDENCE
INCLUDING
BLOOD, HAIR, FINGERPRINTS
CLOTHING, GUNS AND ELECTRONICS.
TWO DAYS.
ON SUNDAY MARCH 15TH
WE FIRST LEARNED THE NAME OF THE
VICTIM.
VICTIM.
VICTIM. THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CORONER IDENTIFYING HER A 26 YEAR OLD
BREONNA
TAYLOR.
BREONNA TAYLOR.
TAYLOR.
THE
THE S-E-C
THE S-E-C WILL PLAY ONLY LEAGUE GAMES IN
GAMES IN