Myles Cosgrove, the previous Louisville, Kentucky, police officer who fired the shot that killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in March 2020, has filed a lawsuit difficult his firing, which was upheld in January by a police assessment board.

The go well with, filed Wednesday, alleges that Cosgrove mustn't have been fired following the raid. The go well with additionally says the board's 5-2 vote on December 2021 upholding his firing was "arbitrary and illegal as a consequence of actions in extra of its authority or in violation of due course of," in response to the Courier Journal in Louisville.

Cosgrove was dismissed from the pressure for failing to "correctly determine a goal" when he fired over a dozen photographs into Taylor's house within the March 2020 raid. He maintains that he acted correctly and as different officers would have, the Courier Journal reported.

Final month, Brett Hankison, one other former Louisville police officer concerned within the raid, which ignited protests throughout the nation, was acquitted of fees of wanton endangerment over photographs he fired that went via a wall and into the residence subsequent door. The town noticed protests after it was introduced final August that fees straight associated to Taylor's dying wouldn't be filed in opposition to any of the officers concerned.

Cosgrove's lawsuit alleges that the board failed to contemplate a number of items of data when it upheld his firing. They embrace an alleged battle of curiosity of one of many board members, which was not recognized, that ought to have led to his recusal. The go well with additionally cites a ruling from Kentucky Legal professional Common Daniel Cameron that Cosgrove was legally justified in firing into the house after Taylor's boyfriend fired a shot, the Courier Journal reported.

Cosgrove, Hankison and Jonathan Mattingly fired a complete of 32 rounds into the condo, six of which struck Taylor. The FBI decided that the one fired by Cosgrove was the deadly shot.

Replace 4/14/22, 3:50 p.m. ET: This story has been up to date with further info and background.

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One of many Louisville, Kentucky, law enforcement officials concerned within the March 2020 raid that killed Breonna Taylor has filed a lawsuit difficult his firing. Above, a window of the Louisville police headquarters broken throughout protests on Might 29, 2020.Brett Carlsen/Getty Photos