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Who is Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend Jamarcus Glover?

THE EX boyfriend of a woman who was mistakenly shot dead at her home in Kentucky says she had no involvement in any drug trade.

, Kentucky, on March 13. The frontline medic, who worked for two local hospitals, had no criminal history.

Breonna Taylor was shot dead by police at her home in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 13
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Breonna Taylor was shot dead by police at her home in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 13Credit: AFP or licensors

Who is Breonna Taylor's ex-boyfriend Jamarcus Glover?

Jamarcus Glover, 30, was the ex boyfriend of Emergency Medical Technician( EMT) during a drug raid on her house on March 13.

Taylor, 26, was shot eight times while sleeping in her bed with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker at her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky.

Cops said they had seen Glover pick up a USPS package at Breonna’s home and drive to a “known drug house”.

But a Louisville postal inspector, Tony Gooden, told a local news station that Louisville police did not check with his office about Breonna’s apartment.

He said another law enforcement agency had asked his office in January to investigate for suspicious mail arriving at her home, but they concluded there were none.

Brett Hankison, one of the police officers involved in Breonna's death, has been fired more than three months after Taylor's death, according to the police department.

He was informed in a letter signed by the the police chief that his employment with the department "is terminated".

Jamarcus Glover was arrested on Thursday after saying Breonna Taylor had no involvement in the drug trade
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Jamarcus Glover was arrested on Thursday after saying Breonna Taylor had no involvement in the drug tradeCredit: Louisville Metro Corrections

Why was Jamarcus Glover arrested?

Leaked documents reveal Glover had mail sent to Breonna Taylor's address, gave her phone number as his own and used a car she hired that was later connected to a murder.

But no drugs or cash were found at Taylor's home.

Glover had already been arrested at his home 10 miles away and taken into police custody before the midnight raid at her address. 

Warrants were issued for Jamarcus in July on charges including trafficking a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

at the Louisville Metro Jail at 11:32am on Thursday, August 28, 2020, Louisville Metro after he failed to pay bail on separate drug offences in August.

Jamarcus Glover insists his EMT ex-girlfriend was not connected in any way to his alleged involvement in the drugs trade
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Jamarcus Glover insists his EMT ex-girlfriend was not connected in any way to his alleged involvement in the drugs tradeCredit: Twitter

What has Jamarcus Glover said about Breonna's death?

Glover insists that police used misleading and wrong information to obtain the warrant to search Taylor's residence.

He also maintained that the EMT was not connected in any way to his alleged involvement in the drugs trade.

No drugs were found in Taylor's apartment during the botched surprise raid.

Speaking to the Louisville Courier Journal on Wednesday, Glover said: "The police are trying to make it out to be my fault and turning the whole community out here making it look like I brought this to Breonna's door.

"There was nothing never there or anything ever there, and at the end of the day, they went about it the wrong way and lied on that search warrant and shot that girl out there."

Breonna Taylor's ex, 30, arrested on drugs charges five months after EMT worker was shot dead by cops in botched raid
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