Breonna Taylor's case to be heard by a grand jury
The grand jury, which was empaneled this week, "will be hearing other criminal cases first to get their feet wet with the process and then hear the Taylor case," a source close to the investigation said.
The grand jury is meeting at an alternate location because of safety concerns due to ongoing protests in Jefferson Square Park, which has been informally renamed as "Breonna Taylor Park."
The grand jury is expected to eventually decide the fate of three officers who opened fire during the incident.
A representative for Taylor's family said the attorney general had previewed the grand jury process during a meeting with the family last month. "On August 12, at the meeting with Tamika Palmer's family and her lawyers with [Kentucky Attorney General Daniel] Cameron's office, Cameron told the family that once the FBI ballistic come back and they do re-interviews with witnesses that his office will put the case in front of Jefferson County grand jury."
Lonita Baker, an attorney representing the Taylor family in a wrongful-death lawsuit, said she has not been contacted by the attorney general's office regarding the grand jury process.