“Justice was done. The verdict was proper and we are thrilled,” defense attorney Stewart Mathews said.
Ex-Louisville Metro Police detective Brett Hankison has been acquitted on all three charges of felony wanton endangerment in connection with the Breonna Taylor raid on March 13, 2020.
As reported by The Louisville Courier-Journal, a Jefferson County jury of eight men and four women deliberated for three hours before returning with a not guilty verdict on Thursday after five days of witness testimony.
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“Justice was done. The verdict was proper and we are thrilled,” defense attorney Stewart Mathews said, CNN reports.
TheGrio previously reported that Hankison, Sgt. Myles Cosgrove and Detective Jonathan Mattingly were serving a no-knock warrant at Taylor’s apartment on March 13, 2020, and unleashed a barrage of bullets, killing the emergency medical technician.
Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who was living with her at the time, said the officers did not identify themselves as they entered their home, and he fired one shot, hitting Mattingly in the leg.
According to The Louisville Courier-Journal, Hankison fired 10 rounds through a covered patio door and bedroom window. Some of those bullets traveled into an adjacent apartment with a pregnant woman, her partner and their 5-year-old son inside. None of them were injured.
“One or two more inches and I would have been shot,” testified the neighbor, Cody Etherton.
Source: Jury finds officer connected to Breonna Taylor shooting case not guilty
