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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/
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/
"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
But here's the other thing: there was no AR, no rifle or long gun of any kind, found in Breonna Taylor's apartment, despite officers' 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/
It'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'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
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
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't know." https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/metro-government/2020/05/23/breonna-taylor-shooting-police-interviews-reveal-new-details/5246096002/
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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't know." https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/metro-government/2020/05/23/breonna-taylor-shooting-police-interviews-reveal-new-details/5246096002/
