LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The long-awaited decision by a Louisville grand jury in the shooting death of EMT Breonna Taylor by three Louisville police officers is in.

The result: No charges of murder or manslaughter for any of the officers.

Only one of the men — Brett Hankison — faces any charges. The grand jury indicted him on three counts of wanting endangerment — a Class D misdemeanor punishable by 1-to-5 years in prison.

This story will be updated.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A mural of Breonna Taylor and other Black people killed at the hands of police has been unveiled in Louisville, Kentucky.

Family members of Taylor attended the unveiling of the mural Sunday in downtown Louisville, news outlets reported.

The “Say Their Names” mural features protest messages such as “I can’t breathe” and “Arrest the cops that killed Breonna Taylor.”

Taylor was fatally shot by police in her Louisville home on March 13 while they were serving a narcotics warrant. One of the three officers who shot into her home has been fired, along with the police chief.

Also featured on the mural is the face of David McAtee, a barbecue cook who was fatally shot by a National Guard member after McAtee fired his gun as law enforcement approached on a night of protests.

The mural also shows George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis in May.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday night at a park in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, where demonstrators had gathered to protest the death of Breonna Taylor.

Reports of shots fired at Jefferson Square Park came in around 9 p.m., Louisville Metro police said in a statement, followed by calls that the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department was performing life-saving measures on a male who died at the scene. Shortly after, police were told of a shooting victim across the street at the Hall of Justice. That person was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Video posted on social media appeared to show a man opening fire into the park as people scrambled for cover. The footage later showed at least one person bleeding profusely on the ground.

Officers cleared the park and police “are trying to gather as much information as possible in order to identify all who were involved in the incident,” the statement said. No information about arrests, possible suspects and the victims’ identities and ages was immediately released. Officials did not immediately release additional information.

“I am deeply saddened by the violence that erupted in Jefferson Square Park tonight, where those who have been voicing their concerns have been gathered,” Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said in a statement. “It is a tragedy that this area of peaceful protest is now a crime scene.”

The park has for weeks been the epicenter for protests in the city after the police killings of Taylor and George Floyd. The Saturday night shooting was at least the second during nearly a month of protests in Louisville over Taylor’s death. Seven people were wounded May 28 when gunfire erupted near City Hall, prompting a statement from Taylor’s mother asking people to demand justice “without hurting each other.”

“Praying for our city,” tweeted Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker of Louisville late Saturday. The Democrat is running for his party’s nomination to challenge Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell in the fall.

Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was killed in her Louisville home in March by police who were serving a no-knock warrant. Protesters have been calling for the officers involved in her death to be charged. One of the officers was recently fired.

Kenneth Walker, Taylor’s boyfriend, was originally charged with attempted murder after he fired a shot at one of the officers who came into the home. Walker has said he thought he was defending from an intruder.

The no-knock search warrant that allows police to enter without first announcing their presence was recently banned by Louisville’s Metro Council.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A charity organization that supports the police department in Kentucky’s largest city said it was not involved in the creation of a fundraising website under the name of Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was killed by law enforcement in her home.

A webpage with the address BreonnaTaylor.com recently emerged online and directed visitors to “support good police” by sending donations for emergency responders and healthcare workers to the Louisville Metro Police Foundation, a COVID-19 fund or a Kentucky health care system, news outlets reported.

Taylor was shot eight times on March 13 by Louisville police officers who broke through her apartment door while serving a no-knock search warrant for a suspect in a drug investigation.

The executive director of the Metro Police Foundation, a private organization that raises money to support the department and local charity initiatives, told news outlets Monday that the organization’s site was temporarily taken down as officials investigated how a link to the foundation ended up on the fundraising page.

The foundation said in a tweet that it was “horrified,” adding: “We did not and would NEVER show this disrespect.”

The person who purchased the domain name was from Phoenix, Arizona, WLKY-TV reported, citing Metro Police. The president of the union representing Metro Police officers told The Courier Journal it also had nothing to do with the site.

BreonnaTaylor.com appeared to have been taken down as of Tuesday. The site had been active since at least May 16, according to an attorney representing Taylor’s family.

Taylor’s name is one of those being chanted during nationwide protests decrying police killings of black people. The unrest began after the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on his neck for more than eight minutes as he pleaded for air. The officer has been charged with murder.

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