Video shows a man opening fire on a park where people had gathered to protest the police's killing of Taylor in March.
One person was killed and another injured Saturday when a man opened fire in a Louisville park where people had gathered to protest the police killing ofA Facebook live video shows a white man walking along the outskirts of Jefferson Square Park around 8:59 p.m. when he pulled out what appeared to be a handgun, aimed, and fired into the encampment demonstrators had set up. People scrambled and dove for cover behind low walls.
In the grainy video, the man appears to be wearing black shorts, a purple tank top, and a black-and-white bandana. The video then shows protesters forming a protective barrier around a man laying on the ground as someone delivers chest compressions. About 4 minutes and 45 seconds after the shooting, an employee from the sheriff's department was seen administering CPR. There was blood on the concrete around the man."Just about 9 p.m., there were reports of shots fired in Jefferson Square Park.
Taylor, 26, was an EMT who was shot and killed in March when police barged into her home on a"no knock" warrant. Startled, Taylor and her boyfriend thought they were being burglarized. Her boyfriend fired a single gunshot, and then police and opened fire, hitting Taylor eight times.
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