#Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend says he didn’t wound cop during shootout

Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend says he didn’t wound an officer in a shootout with three cops during a botched police raid that left Taylor dead, according to a new lawsuit.

Kenneth “Kenny” Walker filed the suit Tuesday against the Louisville Metro Police Department and the city, accusing them of misconduct and insisting he didn’t fire the bullet that nearly severed Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly’s femoral artery, the Courier-Journal reported.

“We know police are firing wildly from various angles,” his attorney Steve Romines told the paper of the tragic March 13 killing. “The timeline and evidence at the scene is more indicative of (police) actually shooting Mattingly than it is Kenny Walker.”

After police used a controversial no-knock warrant to enter Taylor’s apartment with a battering ram at about 1 a.m., Walker, 28, — who has a conceal-carry permit — fired a single shot fearing an intruder.

A gunfight erupted and Taylor, 26, an emergency room technician, was hit with at least eight bullets.

Cops had executed the search warrant as part of a narcotics investigation into Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, who they suspected had used her apartment to receive packages, according to the New York Times.

Based on crime scene photos and other evidence, Romines told the Courier-Journal that police likely fired 40 to 45 bullets. Walker’s recovered round had no blood on it suggesting it was not the bullet that wounded Mattingly, he said.

Taylor and Walker were asleep when they were startled by a “loud boom,” the Courier-Journal reported. Taylor asked, “Who is it?” but there was no answer — then Mattingly, Det. Myles Cosgrove and now-fired Det. Brett Hankison burst in prompting Walker to fire, the suit alleges.

Walker was initially charged with attempted murder and assault for allegedly shooting Mattingly but the raps were later dropped.

Romines is seeking an immediate judgment of immunity under Kentucky’s “stand your ground” law to block the DA from bringing fresh charges against Walker in connection to the shooting, the Courier-Journal reported.

“Kenny continues to reel from the death of the love of his life, but he is also the victim and survivor of police misconduct — misconduct that threatens his freedom to this day,” according to the lawsuit.

Walker is suing for unspecified monetary damages alleging battery, false arrest and imprisonment, malicious prosecution, abuse of process and negligence.

Mattingly and Cosgrove are on administrative reassignment pending the outcome of an investigation, while Det. Brett Hankison was fired for shooting indiscriminately into the apartment and adjoining units.

Louisville officials have since banned the use of no-knock warrants and made body cameras mandatory.