LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NEWSnet/AP) — Jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on federal civil rights charges Thursday in the trial of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison, charged in Breonna Taylor’s death, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial.

Hankison was charged with using excessive force that violated the rights of Breonna Taylor, her boyfriend and her next-door neighbors.

Hankison fired 10 shots into Taylor’s window and a glass door after officers came under fire during a flawed drug warrant search on March 13, 2020. Some shots flew into a neighboring apartment, but no bullets struck anyone.

The 12-member jury struggled to reach a verdict over the course of several days. On Thursday afternoon, they sent a note to the judge saying they were at an impasse. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings urged them to keep trying, and they returned to deliberation.

Jurors later told the judge they were deadlocked on both counts against Hankison, and could not come to a decision.

Hankison, 47, was acquitted by a Kentucky jury in 2022 on a charge of wanton endangerment. State prosecutors had alleged he illegally put Taylor’s neighbors in danger. Months after Hankinson’s acquittal, U.S. Department of Justice filed the new charges, along with a group of other officers involved in crafting the warrant.

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