A source told CNN on Tuesday that the deal is worth millions of dollars. Taylor family lawyer Sam Aguilar also confirmed to CNN that there was a settlement in the case.
“The city’s response to this case has been delayed and frustrating, but the fact that they are willing to sit down and talk about significant improvements was a step in the right direction and hopefully it’s a turning point.”
Taylor’s family sued the city after Lewisville Metro police officers broke down the door of Taylor’s apartment on March 13 and shot her dead while running a “no-knock” w “rant late at night on March 13.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fisher is expected to announce the settlement at a joint press conference with the Taylor family’s lawyers later Tuesday. Speaking to News Radio 840WHS on Tuesday morning, he declined to comment on the settlement, saying “I have nothing to announce at this time.”
A CNN review of the shooting found that police believe Taylor was home alone when she was with her boyfriend, who was legally armed. It contributed to the fatal outcome, with the decision to proceed with a miscalculation, a low-risk, forced-entry raid in questionable circumstances.
Taylor’s boyfriend, who said he believed the house was collapsing, shot and wounded an officer, and police retaliated by setting fire and killing Taylor. Officers were not wearing body cameras, police said.
No offense has been registered against any of the three officers involved in the convicted robbery. Interim Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder wrote at the time that an officer, Brett Hank Kinson, had been fired for firing 10 rounds at his apartment in late June for “on formal and blind”.
The deadly police shooting has sparked months of protests in Louisville and across the country under the anti-black racism and anti-police violence Black Lives Matter movement. Following his death, the police chief was fired in June after a separate police shooting, and the Louisville City Council passed a “Brainno’s Law” banning knock-circus and rants.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the first black man to hold the position and a Republican rising star, was named special counsel in the case earlier this year, and the FBI has also launched an investigation.
A grand jury has been authorized to investigate the shooting, although no action has been announced.
Cameron is expected to announce a charging decision soon, although he declined to give a specific timeline.
“My office fees are constantly being asked about the timeline for the investigation into the death of Mrs. Brenna Taylor. If the investigation is done properly it cannot follow any specific timeline.”
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