The city of Louisville, Kentucky has reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old EMT who was killed earlier this year when police served a no-knock warrant at her apartment while she was sleeping.
Taylor family attorney Sam Aguilar commented on the settlement, stating, "The city's response, in this case, has been delayed and it's been frustrating, but the fact that they've been willing to sit down and talk significant reform was a step in the right direction and hopefully a turning point."
A source close to the situation revealed to CNN that the agreement was "a multimillion-dollar settlement." A joint press conference with the Taylor family attorneys and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is expected to take place this morning (September 15), where the settlement will be officially revealed.
Police reports reveal that officers believed Taylor was home alone when they broke down the door to her apartment on March 13 while executing a warrant during a narcotics investigation. Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, was also at the apartment, and he returned fire on the 3 plainclothes officers after they entered, as he believed they were breaking in.
None of the three officers who broke in Taylor's apartment have been charged with a crime, but Brett Hankinson was fired in late June for "wantonly and blindly" firing 10 rounds into her apartment. Louisville police chief Steve Conrad was fired shortly after Black business owner David McAtee was killed by officers amid protests for Taylor's death. The Louisville city council also passed "Breonna's Law," which banned no-knock search warrants.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron addressed ongoing questions about the investigation of Taylor's death on Twitter last week, writing, "My office is continually asked about a timeline regarding the investigation into the death of Ms. Breonna Taylor. An investigation, if done properly, cannot follow a specific timeline."
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