LOUISVILLE, Ky. - June 5 would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday, but her life was cut short when she was killed on March 13 by police who had broken into her house with a “no knock warrant” in search of illegal drugs at Taylor’s home in an apparent case of mistaken identity.What happened to Breonna TaylorTaylor, an EMT, was shot eight times by three narcotics detectives who knocked down her front door while attempting to enforce a search warrant that named another suspect, Jamarcus Glover, who did not live at Taylor’s residence.
No drugs were found in the home. Police defended their use of force by saying they were returning fire after one officer was shot in the apartment and wounded.A defense attorney for Taylor’s boyfriend,.