A federal trial begins Monday (Oct. 30) with jury selection for a former Louisville Metro Police officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor during a botched raid of her home in 2020, Louisville station WDRB reports.

Federal prosecutors indicted Brett Hankison, who a jury acquitted in a state trial, on two charges of deprivation of rights for firing into a bedroom window covered with blinds and a blackout curtain in Taylor's apartment. Hankison also faces charges for shooting into a neighboring unit through Taylor’s wall, endangering three people.

On March 13, 2020, Taylor, a 26-year-old Black EMT worker, was asleep in her apartment, which she shared with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker, when just before 1 a.m., police rammed down her door, using a no-knock warrant.

Walker, believing intruders were breaking in, grabbed his firearm, which he legally owned, and fired, wounding former officer Jonathan Mattingly. Hankison, Mattingly and former officer Myles Cosgrove returned fire, striking Taylor six times, killing her.

Taylor’s family maintains police never announced themselves, while officers say they did.

The raid was an attempt to arrest her ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover, who was already in custody. Investigators did not find drugs on the premises.

None of the officers directly involved in the shooting have been convicted of a crime. Investigators determined that Cosgrove probably fired the fatal shot that killed Taylor, but authorities have not charged Cosgrove or Mattingly in the case.

A state jury acquitted Hankison in March 2022. Hankison, however, wasn’t on trial for Taylor’s death. Prosecutors charged him with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment from firing 10 shots blindly that went into the apartment of Taylor's neighbor. Prosecutors argued that it endangered the lives of a man, his pregnant girlfriend and their 5-year-old son who were asleep. Hankison had pleaded not guilty.

Hankison testified that Mattingly was shot in the dark by someone in the apartment. He believed that someone was attempting to gun down the officers as they tried to help Mattingly.

"I knew they were trying to get to him, and it appeared to me they were being executed with this rifle. I returned fire through the sliding glass door, and that did not stop the threat," Hankison testified.

Hankison's federal trial was scheduled to begin in August, but the court gave his defense team more time to review the prosecutors’ large amount of evidence.

“The federal case is entirely separate from the state case. It’s like starting from scratch. Hopefully, it will be the same outcome,” Hankison’s attorney, Stewart Mathews, told The Washington Post.

The Justice Department filed charges in August 2022 against Hankison and three other former officers in connection with Taylor’s death. Prosecutors charged Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany with federal civil rights and obstruction offenses for preparing and approving a false search warrant affidavit. Prosecutors charged Hankison with using excessive force in firing his gun in Taylor’s apartment.

Kelly Goodlett was charged with conspiring with Jaynes to falsify the search warrant and cover up their actions. She pleaded guilty to those charges.

Taylor’s death occurred less than three months before a viral video showed former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck while handcuffed, which ended in a murder conviction for Chauvin. Taylor and Floyd’s death ignited widespread protests and a racial justice movement.

Taylor’s death also prompted a federal probe of the Louisville Police Department. In a scathing report, investigators determined that the department has a pattern of violating civil rights, conducting unlawful searches and discriminating against Black people and people with disabilities.

Hankison’s trial could last at least three weeks. He faces a life sentence if convicted because his alleged violation resulted in a death, according to The Post.