A grand jury in Jefferson County, announced the decision to charge  Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police detective, with three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree.

Breonna Taylor, a hospital emergency room technician, was shot multiple times on 13 March.

Hankison was fired by the Kentucky Police Department in June, with a termination letter saying he “wantonly and blindly” shot 10 times into Taylor’s apartment.

In anticipation of this morning’s decision,  Kentucky Mayor Greg Fischer imposed a state of emergency “due to the potential for civil unrest”.