Jefferson County’s top prosecutor has filed a motion to dismiss the case against Kenneth Walker, at least for now.Walker was boyfriend to Breonna Taylor, who died during an LMPD narcotics raid in March.MORE: What we know about the death of Breonna TaylorWalker was also at the apartment that night, and police say he fired his gun and struck a police officer.He is facing charges in connection with the shooting. A motion to dismiss the case alleges police presented misleading information to the grand jury. While Commonwealth’s Attorney Thomas Wine said he strongly disagrees with that analysis, he does believe more should have been presented to the grand jury.That being said, Wine is directing his office to dismiss the case for now. He says additional, independent investigating needs to be done by the Attorney General, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office.During the news conference, he played audio from both Walker and Sgt. Mattingly, who was shot that night. Both described what happened in their own words.LISTEN TO ALL AUDIO IN THE PLAYER ABOVE “The statements dovetail very well as to the number of knocks, what was going on, the efforts to breach the door and what happened once that door opened,” Wine said.Read this thread from WLKY’s Deni Kamper for more details about what happened during the news conference:Asked whether is was possible no one would be charged in the case, Wine said, “What separated these two parties was a door. And it’s very possible that there was no criminal activity on either side of that door because people couldn’t hear what the other party was saying.” Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Taylor’s family, released a statement on Wine’s choice to request dismissal.It said, in part, “While dismissing the charges is the right thing to do, it comes more than two months after Breonna was killed and Kenneth was arrested. Louisville police spent these months defending their actions and smearing Kenneth’s and Breonna’s good names. This is just another step to the LMPD taking full responsibility for its actions. They need to get their story straight.” Read the rest of the statement here.WLKY will update this story.

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