1 Person Dead, 1 In Custody After Shooting At Site Of Breonna Taylor Protests
Authorities in Louisville, Ky., have identified the victim in a fatal Saturday night shooting in a park where demonstrators gathered to protest the police killing of Breonna Taylor.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said Sunday that 27-year-old Tyler Gerth died shortly after a shooter opened fire into a group of protesters in Jefferson Square Park.
Louisville Metro Police Chief Robert Schroeder told reporters that the suspect had been participating in protests for weeks.
Jefferson Square Park has been at the center of protests in the city following the police killings of Taylor and George Floyd.
Taylor was at her Louisville apartment with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, on March 13 when police arrived to execute a warrant in the middle of the night.
