Mourners will have an opportunity Friday to pay their respects to David McAtee, a black man who was shot to death earlier this month when officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department and Kentucky National Guard troops converged on a crowd.
What We Know:
- David “Yaya” McAtee’s public viewing is slated for 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET in Louisville at St. Stephen Baptist Church; McAtee’s funeral will begin 1 p.m. Saturday at Canaan Christian Church, according to a notice posted to Legacy.com.
- McAtee’s final arrangements come the same week Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration released new details of the investigation into his death. While the investigation remains open, state officials said this week McAtee was killed by a single shot to the chest “that clearly and conclusively” came from the Kentucky National Guard.
- McAtee, a restaurateur who operated Yaya’s BBQ in the city’s Russell neighborhood and was known for giving away free food to police officers, was killed in the early morning hours of June 1. The shooting took place during a time when large protests calling for justice in the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd were happening in parts of the city.
- Louisville officials released video earlier this month which they said shows McAtee fired a weapon first, before fire was returned.
- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said during a Tuesday media briefing there is “still significant evidence to be gathered and there are still going to be questions,” some of which may never be answered.
- The Kentucky National Guard said the Lexington-based 138th Field Artillery Brigade was supporting LMPD with crowd response the night of McAtee’s death, adding that it also determined that LMPD and the responding Guardsmen fired only after being shot at first. The FBI is also conducting an investigation into the incident.
J. Michael Brown, secretary for the governor’s Executive Cabinet, is who fired the fatal shot. “Clearly and conclusively the wound was caused by a National Guard round,” Brown said. “We have no doubt about that.”
