Louisville Metro Police Department

The Louisville Metro Police Department has issued a final report into a mass shooting earlier this year at Old National Bank. According to the investigation, the gunman used the attack to highlight gun laws he considered lax.

The former Louisville police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement in a county northeast of the city.The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday confirmed the hiring of Myles Cosgrove, who was firedfrom the Louisville Metro Police Department in January 2021 for violating use-of-force procedures and failing to use a body camera during the raid on Taylor’s apartment, WHAS-TV reported.

The family of a man who opened fire at a Louisville bank is working to destroy the AR-15 rifle he used to kill five of his co-workers.A state law in Kentucky sends firearms confiscated by law enforcement to auction, and the proceeds are used to buy law enforcement equipment.

Many questions remain as to why an employee opened fire this week at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville. The 25-year-old gunman killed five colleagues and wounded several more, including police officers responding to the scene.

City and state officials said the shooter who killed five people Monday legally bought the gun at a local dealership less than a week before the shooting.

A nearly two-year investigation by the United States Department of Justice shows Louisville police have a history of excessive force, constitutional violations, under-reported incidents, invalid warrants and systemic racist practices.

A Jefferson County Circuit Court judge on Monday upheld the firing of Louisville Metro Police Officer Myles Cosgrove, who federalinvestigators determined fired the bullets that killed Breonna Taylor in March of 2020.

Former Louisville Metro Police Department officer Katie Crews was sentenced to two years of probation Monday for her actions leading up to the death of local restaurant owner David “YaYa” McAtee in June 2020.

Louisville Police Chief Erika Shields, who took the reins of the troubled department following the police killing of Breonna Taylor and the 2020 racial justice protests, will resign in January.

Potential jurors in the trial of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison arrived at the downtown courthouse Tuesday morning only to be sent back…