Myles Cosgrove was terminated in January.
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A review board upheld the termination of the former police detective who
fired the shotthat killed Breonna Taylor last year in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Louisville Metro Police Merit Board backed the decision to fire Myles Cosgrove by a 5-2 vote on Wednesday, a decision that arrived after
several days of hearings.
The Louisville Metro Police Department
terminated Detective Myles Cosgrove in January for use of deadly force for firing 16 rounds into Taylor’s home and failing to activate his body camera, according to a copy of his termination letter.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Cosgrove fired the shot that killed Taylor – which Cameron said was justified because Taylor’s boyfriend fired at officers first.
Myles Cosgrove, one of the Louisville Metro Police officers involved in the 2020 shooting of Breonna Taylor, has been recently hired by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, Cosgrove's attorney told CNN.
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Myles Cosgrove, one of the Louisville Metro Police officers involved in the 2020 shooting of Breonna Taylor, has been recently hired by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, Cosgrove's attorney told CNN.
The move prompted the family of Breonna Taylor to release a statement expressing "disgust" and "disappointment" the officer who fired the fatal bullet in the botched raid was hired by a sheriff's office only 50 miles away from Louisville.
Cosgrove -- the detective whose bullet ultimately killed Taylor
according to the Kentucky Attorney General -- began working for the Carroll County Sheriff's Office on April 20, Sheriff Ryan Gosser told CNN affiliate WAVE.
The sheriff told WAVE his office did a normal background check prior to hiring Cosgrove, and pointed out Cosgrove was never indicted.