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"The woman in the house, as officers got that door open, saw her lying on the floor in a prone position holding a rifle. She was the one directing the fire at them."
Police mistakenly told former chief that Breonna Taylor had a rifle & fired at officers: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/10/05/breonna-taylor-case-ex-chief-told-she-fired-lmpd-officers/3629991001/">https://www.courier-journal.com/story/new...
Police mistakenly told former chief that Breonna Taylor had a rifle & fired at officers: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/10/05/breonna-taylor-case-ex-chief-told-she-fired-lmpd-officers/3629991001/">https://www.courier-journal.com/story/new...
"I’ve been around long enough to see the process of people sharing a story," then-chief Steve Conrad said. "And by the time it gets from point A to point Z it is very different and often nowhere near what really happened." https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/10/05/breonna-taylor-case-ex-chief-told-she-fired-lmpd-officers/3629991001/?csp=chromepush">https://www.courier-journal.com/story/new...
But here& #39;s the other thing: there was no AR, no rifle or long gun of any kind, found in Breonna Taylor& #39;s apartment, despite officers& #39; initial insistence of rifle fire. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/10/04/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-recordings-what-police-told-investigators/3609913001/">https://www.courier-journal.com/story/new...
It& #39;s important to note that two of the officers who relayed this message to Conrad were not actually on the scene for the warrant execution at Taylor& #39;s apartment.
But Hankison, who was, also said he saw a man with a rifle, crouched down and firing. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/10/05/breonna-taylor-case-ex-chief-told-she-fired-lmpd-officers/3629991001/?csp=chromepush">https://www.courier-journal.com/story/new...
But Hankison, who was, also said he saw a man with a rifle, crouched down and firing. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/10/05/breonna-taylor-case-ex-chief-told-she-fired-lmpd-officers/3629991001/?csp=chromepush">https://www.courier-journal.com/story/new...
Also noted in the story: Kenneth Walker initially told police that Breonna Taylor was the shooter.
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"I had no reason to say it, like I say, my gun is legal and everything," he said. "Clearly, I was scared. I don& #39;t know." https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/metro-government/2020/05/23/breonna-taylor-shooting-police-interviews-reveal-new-details/5246096002/">https://www.courier-journal.com/story/new...
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"I had no reason to say it, like I say, my gun is legal and everything," he said. "Clearly, I was scared. I don& #39;t know." https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/metro-government/2020/05/23/breonna-taylor-shooting-police-interviews-reveal-new-details/5246096002/">https://www.courier-journal.com/story/new...
