Previously unheard interviews from the police probe of Breonna Taylor's shooting reveal new details and a sympathetic police interview with a fellow cop.
LOUISVILLE — Previously unheard audio of interviews from the investigation of the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor reveals new details about the events leading to her death, as well as the sympathetic approach investigators took while scrutinizing one of their own.
Police were executing a search warrant in a drug investigation, but Walker's attorney says they found no drugs in Taylor’s apartment. Experts and local officials have questioned the veracity of the information police presented to obtain the warrant for the search, and its execution. Much of what happened that night remains murky, in part because Kentucky law bars government officials from discussing ongoing investigations of police officers.
A judge signed the search warrant in part because police claimed a postal official had confirmed the target of the investigation received packages at Taylor’s home. But a U.S. postal inspector later told WDRB there were “no packages of interest” sent there. The postal inspector did not respond to a request for comment from NBC News.
In his interview, Walker tells investigators he and Taylor were dozing in front of a movie in the bedroom when they heard loud banging. They shouted “Who is it?” he says, but got “No answer. No response. No anything.” Police fired at least 16 rounds that night, according to records and Mattingly’s interview. Walker’s attorney said police shot at least 22. At least 10 came from Sgt. Brett Hankison, who has since been fired for “wantonly and blindly” firing into the apartment, according to his termination letter.
The interviews raise the possibility that the police did announce, and Walker and Taylor did not hear them. 'We're here just to try to find out what happened’The arm of the LMPD charged with determining whether a police-involved shooting is justified is the Public Integrity Unit, which recorded the interviews obtained by NBC News.She and her colleague Sgt. Chad Tinnell explain to a tearful Walker that their team is like “internal affairs.”
Seelye interviewed Sgt. Mattingly on March 25, 12 days after the fatal raid and six days after Walker was indicted. “You've got to nearly 20 years of police experience, would you, would you say that the positioning of that apartment, made it extremely difficult?” asks Vance.Geoffery Alpert, an expert in high-risk policing and use-of-force, described the interview with Mattingly as “leading.”
In Los Angeles, three independent entities run parallel investigations. An administrative team determines if the officer broke policies. A second unit examines if the officer used excessive force and should face criminal charges. A third investigates the actions of the suspect.It takes resources, but Izen said separating the investigations helps to maintain public trust.
Mattingly tells investigators he never saw other officers shoot — but after he had exited the apartment, gotten through the breezeway and stumbled to the curb, he says he heard gunfire. "I know y'all have guns at home. You're going to grab it and be cautious like, 'Okay, so what's going on?' You're creeping towards ... 'Who is it? Who is it?' You don't know who it is and then the door flies open?”An ambulance was on stand-by for the search warrant, which is standard procedure, but the response was bumbled.
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