Breonna Taylor’s neighbor recalled her horror as police bullets flew into her apartment near her sleeping son as a federal trial for the former Louisville officer who fired those shots began Thursday. Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison fired 10 shots during the botched raid in March 2020 that left Taylor dead, though it was another officer who fatally shot the 26-year-old Black woman.
Hankison's lawyers argued during opening statements that the former K-9 officer with 17 years of experience was making a “tactical move” when he spun away from Taylor's front door, ran to the side of the apartment and fired shots through a glass door and bedroom window. 'None of Brett Hankison’s rounds hit anyone. No one,' his attorney, Jack Byrd said during opening arguments Thursday.