Nation Breonna Taylor was alive after police shot her. But no one tried to treat her. July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 Tessa Duvall and Darcy Costello, Louisville Courier Journal Comments Off on Breonna Taylor was alive after police shot her. But no one tried to treat her. For several minutes after police shot her, Breonna Taylor struggled, coughing for breath before she died, according to her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker.