Ex-Louisville Police Department cop Brett Hankison, facing wanton endangerment charges connected to Breonna Taylor's death, cried during his trial.
Former Detective Brett Hankison testified that when a team of officers rammed into the home to execute a search warrant, his former colleague Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly was shot by what appeared to be a shadowy figure with a rifle in the dark apartment.
In cross-examination, Hankison clarified that when the shooting began he retreated from the apartment door to the sidewalk, and then along to the side of the house. He testified that he saw the flashing of a gun muzzle inside, and so shot five times into sliding glass doors and then five more times into a bedroom window at what he believed was the threat.
The charges stem from the botched raid on the early morning of March 13, 2020, in which police fatally shot Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, in her own home. "I felt helpless knowing that I had a handgun and I was facing rifle fire," he said."Even though I had a tactical vest on, I knew that was no match for if the shooter came out with the rifle."
Hankison said he did"absolutely" nothing wrong during the raid. Still, he said he felt"horrible" when he learned that his bullets had gone through Taylor's apartment and into the neighboring home. He described the incident as a"tragedy" that"didn't have to happen.""Ms. Taylor's family, she didn't need to die that night --" he said, before he was cut off by an objection.
During the interview played in court, Hankison is heard saying:"I was almost under the impression at the time they were all being sprayed with bullets. I had already seen where the threat was. ... He was straight ahead as the door came open, he was all the way back in that hallway. I returned fire at the angle that I believed him to still be shooting from because I could see the muzzle flashes.
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