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Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes, two detectives with the Louisville Metro Police Department involved in a raid on Breonna Taylor s apartment that resulted in her killing, have been fired.
Interim Police Chief Yvette Gentry issued official letters of termination to the two officers on Tuesday after serving them pretermination notice the week before. Both had been placed on administrative leave prior to their firing.
Along with detectives Brett Hankison and Jon Mattingly, Cosgrove executed a no-knock search warrant on Taylor s apartment late at night in March 2020, firing multiple rounds into the building and killing Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, after busting into the apartment. None of them wore body cameras.
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Atlanta police chief who resigned after Rayshard Brooks deadly shooting is named head of Louisville department responsible for Breonna Taylor s killing - on same day two detectives were fired for botched raid
Erika Shields was named Wednesday as the new chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department after the firing of longtime chief, Steve Conrad, in June
She served in Atlanta for 25 years, including more than three years as chief
Her tenure ended when she resigned in June after Atlanta officers fatally shot a black man named Rayshard Brooks in a restaurant parking lot
Shields will be the fourth person to lead the city s force since Taylor was shot
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