A police merit board has upheld the firing of former Louisville Police Officer Myles Cosgrove who fatally shot Breonna Taylor.
Walker, who had a license to carry a weapon, has said that he believed the home was being burglarized, so he grabbed his gun and fired a single shot. Police said he wounded one of the officers, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, in the leg.In a letter announcing Cosgrove's termination, then-Police Chief Yvette Gentry said he violated standard operating procedures for deadly force and failure to activate his body-worn camera.
She said that the shots he fired went in three different directions “indicating you did not verify a threat or have target acquisition.” “In other words, the evidence shows that you fired wildly at unidentified subjects or targets within an apartment,” the letter stated. Cosgrove filed an appeal in January to get his job back. He and his legal team began meeting with the Louisville Metro Police Merit Board on Nov. 9.
During Wednesday’s merit board meeting, a motion was made to uphold the decision to dismiss Cosgrove based on evidence received. The board voted 5-2 to uphold his termination.Cosgrove was one of several officers disciplined over Taylor’s death. Joshua Jaynes was fired in January and
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