Only one other officer has previously been punished for the poaching.
The Louisville Metro Police Department fired two officers involved in the fatal shooting at Breonna Taylor in her apartment earlier this year.
Officer Myles Cosgrove and Detective Joshua Jaynes were both notified Tuesday, according to their attorneys. Both officers will respond to the termination notices in a hearing before Police Chief Yvette Gentry, who was appointed in September. They can also appeal the police officer’s final decision.
“We plan to attend the trial on December 31, although I expect the outcome to be predetermined,” Thomas Clay, Jaynes’ lawyer, told ABC News in a statement. “I fully expect Mr Jaynes to be terminated after the ‘trial’, regardless of the evidence to the contrary. We will appeal against any disciplinary action against Mr Jaynes, because I believe the evidence shows that he did nothing wrong. not.”
Jaynes was not present at the shooting, but prepared the search warrant for Taylor’s apartment.
Louis River’s River City Fraternal Order of Police said in a statement: “The FOP is aware that two of our members had the opportunity to respond to notices today, responding to the Chief’s current intention to terminate their service. In the near future, both members will have an opportunity to appear before the Chief of Police and to respond to the information contained in the notices. After these hearings, when the Chief makes her final decisions, our members have the right to appeal on any discipline that can be issued. ‘
According to a ballistic analysis, Cosgrove fired the shot that killed Taylor.
“I can confirm that Mr. Cosgrove received a notice prior to the termination. Otherwise, we have no comment,” Jarg Beck, attorney for Cosgrove, told ABC News.
Another officer involved in the raid, Brett Hankison, was fired in June. He was the only officer punished in the aftermath of the violent attack.
Hankison was also indicted by a grand jury in September on three counts of first-degree intent in the shooting that killed Taylor, but neither he nor the other two officers involved in the fatal encounter were charged in her death. not. Hankison has been charged with shooting bullets at neighboring apartments.
He pleaded not guilty.
Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, who also shot into the apartment, was not fired by the department. Mattingly was shot in the leg during the raid.
“The mayor of Louisville has informed the mother of Breonna Taylor that LMPD intends to terminate officers Cosgrove and Jaynes and that both officers have the right to appeal,” a lawyer for the Taylor family told ABC News.
Jean Porter, deputy director of communications for the mayor of Louisville, Greg Fischer, said in a statement to ABC News: “LMPD chief Yvette Gentry has started disciplinary proceedings for officers involved in the Breonna Taylor case, after investigations by LMPD’s Professional Standards Unit. State Act KRS67c .326 (1) (f) excludes comments from any person in the Louisville Metro Government on the allegations in these cases. “
Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, died when officers issued a “no-knock” order on March 13 at the home she shared with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. Police were searching for Jamarcus Glover, Taylor’s. ex-boyfriend, who was allegedly a well-known drug dealer. Walker, who according to him believes that the house is being robbed, opened fire on the officers. They shot back and beat and killed Taylor.
Walker, who was a licensed gun owner, was initially charged with attempted murder, but was eventually dropped. He sued the Louisville Metro Police Department and the city of Louisville, claiming he has the right to defend himself under the state constitution. Mattingly filed a charge sheet at the end of October.
The lack of discipline has helped fuel months of protests in Kentucky and across the U.S., especially in the wake of police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May.
Jaynes received an administrative resettlement in June over questions about how and why the search warrant was approved, then-acting police chief Robert Schroeder said.
ABC News’ Stephanie Wash, Jennifer Leong, Sabina Ghebremedhin and Keturah Gray contributed to this report.