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Breonna Taylor
1993–2020
United States
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Biography
Breonna Taylor (June 5, 1993 – March 13, 2020) was an African-American woman who was shot and killed while unarmed in her Louisville, Kentucky, home by Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) police officers who entered under the auspices of a "no-knock" search warrant. Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a shot, hitting officer Jonathan Mattingly. Mattingly and two other LMPD officers—Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove—opened fire.
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