Katelyn Hall’s mother, Rebecca, continues to question LMPD’s response to her daughter’s mental health crisis.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville mother is still asking for better solutions to mental health crisis calls after her daughter’s death in March.
Friday marked six weeks since 28-year-old Katelyn Hall was shot and killed by Louisville Metro Police officers.
Police said Hall barricaded herself in a bathroom and had harmed herself before eventually coming at officers with a sharp piece of porcelain. That’s when responding officers fatally shot Hall.
Hall’s mother, Rebecca, continues to question why those officers didn’t use a taser. She added that mental health professionals should have responded, not LMPD.
“When somebody is already in a mental health crisis, the right people need to show up that can handle these kinds of situations,” Rebecca Hall continued. “The way that my daughter’s situation was handled was not right. Nothing about it was right.”
Since then, LMPD and Mayor Craig Greenberg’s office both said the city is exploring a “co-responding” model, which allows the mental health crisis team to go with police officers during a call for help.
In a statement, an LMPD spokesperson said the Public Integrity Unit’s investigation into the shooting remains ongoing.
“LMPD continues to have discussions about the best and safest ways to respond to mental health crises, particularly as these calls make up a significant and growing portion of police responses. We are meeting with city officials and community partners to explore co‑response models that prioritize care while ensuring behavioral health professionals are not placed in dangerous situations,” the spokesperson said.
“Louisville’s Crisis Call Diversion Program, also known as deflection, has resulted in nearly 6,000 calls being handled by Deflection Crisis Triage Worker Teams (4,923 calls) and Mobile Crisis Response Teams (937 calls). These are calls for service that would have previously been handled by police. We also look forward to the opening of the new crisis center operated by Seven Counties this summer, which will provide another resource for officers to assist individuals in crisis,” they continued.