Chilling bodycam video shows Breonna Taylor cops ‘wading through bullet casings covering floor of apartment’
CHILLING bodycam video appears to show the cops who shot Breonna Taylor wading through spent bullet cases covering the floor of her apartment.
Breonna, a 26-year-old EMT, was shot dead inside her Louisville apartment in a botched police raid on March 13.
Sgt Jonathan Mattingly, Detective Myles Cosgrove and Officer Brett Hankison burst into her home at 12.40am as they executed a "no knock" warrant in a drugs probe.
Newly released footage shows inside her apartment in the aftermath of the fatal shooting, reports.
It includes officers discussing the amount of shell casings on the floor on the ground - with Officer Hankison asking if the bullets are "theirs".
The SWAT officer who is securing the scene then tells Hankison to leave until the Public Integrity Unit, which is responsible for investigating police shootings, arrives.
Video also reportedly shows Hankison quizzing SWAT officers if they found a long gun, and asking if someone is dead inside.
Another clip is said to show the cop approaching another SWAT officer, asking him if his body camera is on before the video cuts out.
Hankison is believed to have fired his gun ten times during the raid.
Taylor was being struck six times in the hail of fire from the cops.
A second clip shared by the publication shows an officer threatening to release a barking narcotics dog on Taylor's boyfriend Kenneth Walker.
With his hands in the air, Walker is told "walk straight back or I will send this dog on you".
Louisville Metropolitan Police Department has insisted that no bodycam footage exists of the actual raid which killed Taylor.
Taylor's death has sparked outrage across America following a string of incidents of black people being killed by police.
Black Lives Matter protests have flared up again after a grand jury decided not to prosecute the three officers involved.
The frontline medic had no and worked for two local hospitals.
Her family say she was killed in the botched execution of a drug raid after a suspect had given her address and phone number as his own.
Taylor's boyfriend Walker fired one shot with his legally held weapon, thinking the cops were burglars, and Taylor was killed as officers returned fire.
Kentucky Attorney General said the officers had acted to "protect themselves" while executing the warrant.
However, was fired more than three months after her death and was .
But this was related to the stray shots fired into the apartments of Taylor's neighbours, not the blasts which killed Taylor.
It is a lesser charge than both manslaughter and murder.
Wanton endangerment is a class D felony that carries a maximum prison sentence of up to five years and a fine of up to $10,000.
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Hankison had been officer at the Louisville Metro Police Department since 2003.
, who represents Taylor's family, slammed the indictment as "outrageous and offensive" following the announcement.
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"If Brett Hankison's behavior was wanton endangerment to people in neighboring apartments, then it should have been wanton endangerment in too," Crump said.
Sgt Mattingly and Detective Cosgrove have been placed on administrative leave but were not charged in relation to Breonna's death.
