Breonna Taylor's boyfriend told police they were 'scared to the death' when they heard banging on the door because they thought it was her drug-dealing ex, newly released documents reveal

Breonna Taylor's boyfriend told investigators the couple had been 'scared to death' when they heard cops banging on their door because they feared it was her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend, newly released reports reveal.

Kenneth Walker and Taylor were sleeping in their Louisville apartment in the early hours of March 13, when a team of plainclothed cops working on a drug investigation executed a 'no-knock search warrant' and stormed into the home.

Walker, believing it was an intruder, shot at the officers, striking Sergeant John Mattingly in the leg, prompting them to return fire and kill Taylor in a hail of bullets.

The 27-year-old, a licensed gun owner, was charged with attempted murder, however those charges were later dropped.  

Breonna Taylor and boyfriend Kenneth Walker were sleeping in their Louisville apartment in the early hours of March 13, when police officers executed a 'no-knock warrant' and opened fire 

In the early hours of March 13, Louisville police officers entered apartment 4 of 3003 Springfield Drive, firing 32 times. Breonna Taylor was shot six times, but only one was determined to be fatal 

A 234-page investigative report released by the Louisville Metro Police Department on Wednesday reveals Walker had told investigators he believed it was Taylor's ex who was at the door.

The night of the raid, police officers were reported to have been carrying out a drug operation involving convicted drug dealer Jamarcus Glover, who previously dated Taylor.

Glover however, did not live at the address and had already been arrested and taken ten miles away by the time Taylor was shot dead.   

Police officers were reported to have been carrying out a drug operation involving convicted drug dealer Jamarcus Glover who previously dated Taylor

Walker has maintained that the officers did not identify themselves a police when they arrived at the apartment. 

During his interview with the Public Integrity Unit, he said the couple were awoken after they heard a 'loud thud.'

He did not mention Glover by name but said he thought it may have been a 'guy' Taylor was on and off with.  

'It scared her to death. Me too, like who is that. I was honestly thinkin' - because we been on and off together for like, seven years, or whatever... there was a guy that she was messin' with or whatever throughout that time,' Walker told investigators.

'And he popped over there once before while I was there like a couple months ago. So that's what I thought was goin' on.'

The report notes that Walker's reference to the 'guy' showing up at the apartment months prior corresponds to the same time frame when Glover was spotted at Taylor's home.

He also notes he never fired his gun 'outside of a gun range'. 

After hearing the 'loud boom at the door', Walker said he asked who was there and did not get a response. 

He said Breonna then tried asking and screamed 'who is it? Loud at the top of her lungs', but they still did not get an answer. 

Walker then describes walking over to the door and firing one gun shot. 

Hundreds of files related to the Louisville Police Department's investigation into Breonna Taylor's death were released on Wednesday 

Walker has maintained that the officers did not identify themselves as police when they arrived at the apartment

The interview was among hundreds of files related to the Louisville Police Department's investigation into Taylor's death that were finally released on Wednesday.

The files, which included 4,470 pages of documents and 251 videos, were made public on Wednesday nearly a week after hours of audio from normally secret grand jury proceedings were released by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.  

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said much of the information in the files was included in the records from the grand jury proceedings.

The files include investigative letters, interview transcripts, officers' body camera videos, audio and video files of interviews, crime scene unit reports and search warrants. 

Some items were redacted, blurred or withheld for privacy or legal reasons. 

Police said Photos and videos of Taylor were 'blurred out of respect'.

Audio of personal conversations that officers had while their body cameras were activated were also redacted because police say it had nothing to do with the scene of case. 

DailyMail.com is currently reviewing the files.  

Mayor Fischer said following the release of the files: 'I urge all to be sensitive that these files contain information and images that are traumatic and painful.'   

Taylor, a 26-year-old black woman, was shot and killed in her Louisville home by police who were executing a narcotics warrant on March 13. 

Taylor's name came up in the drug case at least in part because she had posted bail a few times from 2017 to January 2020 for sometime boyfriend Jamarcus Glover and another defendant, Darreal Forest, in amounts that went as high as $5,000, according to the police files released on Wednesday.