LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Metro Council Government Oversight Committee announced Monday a bi-partisan resolution to investigate the actions of Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and his administration surrounding the death of Breonna Taylor.

Taylor was shot and killed during the early morning hours of March 13, when officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department served a search warrant at her home. Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, says he thought someone was breaking into the home and opened fire. LMPD officers returned fire, and Taylor was struck. She died from her injuries. 

The council announced that committee chair Brent Ackerson and vice-chair Anthony Piagentini are seeking to "investigate topics such as government transparency and the failure of such, the events surrounding the death of David McAtee, and the use of force during portions of the protests."

Ackerson and Piagentini said Metro Council has been unhappy with a lack of transparency from Fischer. They want to establish a clear timeline of the case and its aftermath, including who was involved and who were the decision-makers.

"You the public have a right to know who is calling the shots and what their thought process is," Ackerson said during a news conference from Metro Hall on Monday. "Apologies no longer work."

Launching an official investigation of the mayor's administration will allow the council to call people to testify and get important documents, Ackerson and Piagentini said, adding that the investigation will be broad. The councilmen are not ruling out calling Fischer to testify. As far as calls for Fischer to resign, Ackerson said this is not a chance to build a case for his removal.

"No, we don't want to jump to any conclusions," he said. "At the end of the day, what we want is we want the truth," he said. "And then from there, then we can make responsible conclusions based on facts," he said.

According to a response from the mayor's spokesperson, Jean Porter, Monday evening, the mayor "welcomes the Council review."

"The Mayor welcomes the Council review, which comes in addition to the state Attorney General’s investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor, and independent reviews by the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice, which the Mayor fully supports.

In addition to those, the Mayor has authorized a top-to-bottom review of the Louisville Metro Police Department, as well as a Sentinel Event Review of all actions related to the Breonna Taylor case.

And to be clear, he is not waiting on any of these reviews to make changes, as evidenced by his decision to ban no-knock warrants, to require broader use of body cameras, and replace prior leadership at LMPD."

The resolution will be read in front of the full council July 23.

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