If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 for free, confidential support 24/7. If there is immediate danger, call emergency services right away. A week after officers shot a woman during a mental health crisis call, police have released the body camera footage showing what happened. Katelyn Hall’s family called police for help last Friday, March 27 to an apartment off S. Hurstbourne Parkway. “What happened in this incident on Friday was not the desired outcome for anyone involved. The release of this video does not and will not answer every question and there will be many questions that we will never have the answers to,” LMPD Deputy Chief Emily McKinley said. NOTE: WLKY did not stream this live, as it is very graphic and triggering. The full news conference and video (blurred and redacted) is available below.VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED | You can watch the FULL video here.She had locked herself in a bathroom and was showing signs of suicidal distress.On Friday, LMPD played 911 calls and showed footage from two officers’ cameras, showing the minutes leading up to Hall’s death.The call reveals Hall’s family told police she had cut her wrists and ingested cleaning products.Two officers fired shots. Officer Robert Baker was the first to arrive on scene.His camera footage, which is about 13 minutes long, shows him calmly talking to Katelyn from the other side of the bathroom door.He called for backup and requested less-lethal weapons.Hall makes several audible comments about suicide, and repeatedly said, “Katelyn is gone.” At one point, she also said she would kill anyone who tried to save her.When fire officials arrive, they break the lock on the door, but police cannot get in because Hall was blocking it.As this is happening, Officer Greenwade can be heard saying, “We need to sit back until the other cars get here. This is about to turn into something else.”Less than a minute later, firefighters break the hinges on the door. Hall then “exits suddenly” toward officers, as police describe it, with a large piece of broken porcelain raised, believed to be from the toilet. This is when Baker and another officer, Robert Gabbard, fire multiple shots.The time between her exiting and shots fired is about a second or two.LMPD said the officers had tasers, but they were not used.At the beginning of the news conference, LMPD said all officers get Crisis Intervention Team training.But Deputy Chief Emily McKinley later said she wasn’t sure whether these two officers had completely the advanced de-escalation training.When asked why they used deadly force in this situation instead of non-lethal options, McKinley said the officers will need to answer that in their interviews. The mayor has talked about mental health professionals responding at the same time as officers as a potential option going forward, and LMPD said they are willing to try anything to prevent something like this from happening again.The city’s Inspector General Ed Harness, who will do an independent investigation, says that is a good idea, and has seen it work in other states.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 for free, confidential support 24/7. If there is immediate danger, call emergency services right away.
A week after officers shot a woman during a mental health crisis call, police have released the body camera footage showing what happened.
Katelyn Hall’s family called police for help last Friday, March 27 to an apartment off S. Hurstbourne Parkway.
“What happened in this incident on Friday was not the desired outcome for anyone involved. The release of this video does not and will not answer every question and there will be many questions that we will never have the answers to,” LMPD Deputy Chief Emily McKinley said.
NOTE: WLKY did not stream this live, as it is very graphic and triggering. The full news conference and video (blurred and redacted) is available below.
VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED | You can watch the FULL video here.
She had locked herself in a bathroom and was showing signs of suicidal distress.
On Friday, LMPD played 911 calls and showed footage from two officers’ cameras, showing the minutes leading up to Hall’s death.
The call reveals Hall’s family told police she had cut her wrists and ingested cleaning products.
Two officers fired shots. Officer Robert Baker was the first to arrive on scene.
His camera footage, which is about 13 minutes long, shows him calmly talking to Katelyn from the other side of the bathroom door.
He called for backup and requested less-lethal weapons.
LMPD
Bathroom door is on the right. This is where Katelyn was barricaded.
Hall makes several audible comments about suicide, and repeatedly said, “Katelyn is gone.” At one point, she also said she would kill anyone who tried to save her.
When fire officials arrive, they break the lock on the door, but police cannot get in because Hall was blocking it.
As this is happening, Officer Greenwade can be heard saying, “We need to sit back until the other cars get here. This is about to turn into something else.”
Less than a minute later, firefighters break the hinges on the door. Hall then “exits suddenly” toward officers, as police describe it, with a large piece of broken porcelain raised, believed to be from the toilet. This is when Baker and another officer, Robert Gabbard, fire multiple shots.
The time between her exiting and shots fired is about a second or two.
LMPD said the officers had tasers, but they were not used.
At the beginning of the news conference, LMPD said all officers get Crisis Intervention Team training.
But Deputy Chief Emily McKinley later said she wasn’t sure whether these two officers had completely the advanced de-escalation training.
When asked why they used deadly force in this situation instead of non-lethal options, McKinley said the officers will need to answer that in their interviews.
The mayor has talked about mental health professionals responding at the same time as officers as a potential option going forward, and LMPD said they are willing to try anything to prevent something like this from happening again.
The city’s Inspector General Ed Harness, who will do an independent investigation, says that is a good idea, and has seen it work in other states.