Officer Charged in Breonna Taylor Shooting Pleads Not Guilty

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The lone Kentucky detective charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor has pleaded not guilty.

Brett Hankison’s plea Monday comes five days after a grand jury indicted him on three counts of “wanton endangerment” for firing into the home of Taylor’s neighbors. Hankison was one of three undercover narcotics detectives who opened fire inside Taylor’s house on the night of March 13 during a botched drug raid.

A grand jury last week declined to charge Hankison or the other two officers who fired their weapons with Taylor’s fatal shooting.

The decision set off protests in downtown Louisville and across the country.