Six months after emergency medical worker Breonna Taylor was shot dead by police in her home, the city of Louisville has agreed to a major settlement with Taylor's family in a wrongful death lawsuit, an attorney representing her family tells CBS affiliate WLKY.
The death of the 26-year-old Black woman was among several police shootings across the country that have galvanized the Black Lives Matter movement and a nationwide push for police reform and racial justice.
Sam Aguiar, a lawyer for the family, told WLKY the deal includes a "significant dollar amount" for the family, but did not elaborate.
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