Overview
- The body-camera video, released Friday, shows 28-year-old Katelyn Hall exit a locked bathroom with a jagged piece of porcelain before officers fire in what police said was under a second.
- Officers Robert Baker and Robert Gabbard fired multiple shots, Hall was taken to UofL Hospital and died, and both officers are on administrative leave during internal and independent reviews.
- LMPD said the case did not qualify for the city’s crisis diversion program, which sends clinicians instead of police, because Hall had harmed herself and held a weapon, consistent with Seven Counties Services rules.
- Police described verbal de-escalation, a wait for backup, and a request for less-lethal tools, yet tasers were not used as Deputy Chief Emily McKinley said deployment takes time and is hard in tight spaces.
- Community groups and Hall’s family called for reform Saturday, and city leaders are weighing co-responder models that pair mental-health professionals with officers during dangerous crisis calls.