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Louisville Police to Release Body-Camera Video in Killing of Katelyn Hall During Mental-Health Call

The case is testing Louisville’s rules for when clinicians join police on mental-health calls.

Overview

  • Katelyn Hall, 28, was killed Friday during a police response to a mental-health crisis at an east Louisville apartment after officers forced open a bathroom and said she charged them with a sharp object.
  • Officers Robert Baker and Robert Gabbard fired multiple shots, according to LMPD, and both are on administrative leave while the Public Integrity Unit investigates.
  • Chief Paul Humphrey said Wednesday the department is working to release body-camera video by Friday and noted officers do not view their footage before giving statements.
  • Hall’s family said they have not seen the video and reject the police account, with a cousin saying the shooting felt like murder.
  • City leaders said dispatchers did not send a crisis team because a weapon and other people were present, and the mayor is weighing a co-responder model that pairs clinicians with police on higher-risk calls.