Kentucky protest started peaceful, turned violent

At least seven people were shot in Louisville overnight during protests of the killing of Breonna Taylor, a black woman shot by police in her home in March.

Officials say the demonstrations began peacefully but turned violent.

A Louisville police statement confirms at least seven shooting victims, with at least one person in critical condition.

A spokesman says no officers fired their service weapons but there were "some arrests."

The Courier Journal reports around 500 to 600 demonstrators marched through the Kentucky city's downtown Thursday night.

Thursday night's demonstration came as protesters across the country, in cities including Los Angeles, Denver, New York and Memphis, turned out in alliance with demonstrators in Minneapolis.

That's where George Floyd became the latest black man to die in police custody.

It also came hours after the release of a 911 call Taylor's boyfriend made on March 13, moments after the 26-year-old emergency medical technician was shot eight times by narcotics detectives.

They knocked down her front door.

No drugs were found in the home.

The protests continued for more than six hours, ending in the early hours of Friday as rain poured down.

Looking to defuse tensions, Taylor's mother on Friday called on protesters to continue demanding justice but to do it in “the right way without hurting each other."