Defense attorneys have asked for Taylor's cell phone saying it could “correct the record” on whether Taylor was involved in selling drugs or holding money for dealers, in particular a former boyfriend.

Hankison told prosecutors said he saw muzzle flashes but never a fixed target, instead firing toward where he believed a person in the apartment was firing at officers with an AR-15.

But former Det. Myles Cosgrove said he regrets that Taylor was killed.  “It’s horrible. It’s made me question faith. It’s powerful to have taken a life and to have to live with that. I can’t explain to you how regretful and how much grief that has caused me.”