Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend Kenneth Walker Said Officer Told Him It Was “Unfortunate” He Wasn’t Shot During Raid
CBS This Morning released the full interview with Gayle King and Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker, where he shared more details on the tragic police-involved incident that took the life of the 26-year-old EMT.
“It was a normal day… you know, we went on a date, we went out to eat,” Walker recalled. He said they had gone back home to play Uno and watch a movie. Later, according to Walker, there was “a loud bang at the door.” After asking repeatedly “who is it?” he said no one answered.
“I’m a million percent sure that nobody identified themselves,” he said. “if they had knocked on the door and say who it was, we could hear them. It was dead silent.” Walker, a licensed gun owner said he then grabbed his gun out of fear it would be an intruder.
As his door was smashed down, Walker fired off his gun. Three officers combined then fired 32 shots into their apartment, with “bullets coming in every direction,” Walker said. “I pulled her down to the ground. But, you know, she was scared so she just didn’t get down.”
When the gunfire stopped he looked down he saw Taylor bleeding, but still breathing. From there, he called his mother as he held her. “I told her that somebody just kicked in the door and shot Breonna. And she’s freaking out at this point. But she told me to call 911. So I did,” Walker said. He told King that had he known it was the police who broke in, he would not have called the police for help. “I don’t think I realized that it was the police until I was on the phone with Breonna’s mom,” Walker said. “I thought they was, you know, coming for help. ‘Cause I called 911.”
As he walked outside thinking help was finally here, instead, he was met with guns drawn to him and threats of “dogs and whatever else.” Walker explained that one officer even asked him if he was hit with any bullets. When he replied “no,” the officer replied, “That’s unfortunate.”
“I didn’t know what to think, and I really wasn’t worried about me,” he said. “Only reason I’m even out here is because only way for her to get help in there is for me to be out here.”
During his sit down with King, Walker goes more in-depth about the horrific night but also looks back on some of the great moments he had with Taylor and even shared what they had in store for the future.
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