LOUISVILLE, Ky. โ Here is a timeline of events that began with the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose killing by police in her home in Kentucky has encouraged a national reckoning on race:March 13: Officers serving a narcotics warrant fatally shoot Taylor in her home in Louisville, Kentucky.
May 13: Top Louisville prosecutor Tom Wine recuses himself from reviewing police investigation, Attorney General Daniel Cameron named as special prosecutor.
June 23: Officer Brett Hankison, one of 3 officers who fired shots the night of Taylorโs death, is fired for โblindlyโ firing into Taylorโs apartment.
June 25: Celebrities join hundreds of demonstrators outside state Capitol calling on Cameron to charge officers.
Sept. 7: Fischer names Yvette Gentry, first Black woman to lead Louisville Police department, as interim chief beginning Oct. 1.