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A Cleveland police officer claims another officer panicked and
"blindly" shot her when they confronted a man standing in a
boarding house bathroom with a gun, according to a federal
lawsuit.

Jennifer Kilnapp's lawsuit, filed last week, said her rookie
partner in July 2020, Bailey Gannon, fled down the stairs after
opening the second-floor bathroom door without a warning, where
a man stood with a handgun at his side, pointed at the floor.

Gannon "blindly" fired a shot from over his head as he retreated
and shot Kilnapp, who was standing near the top of the stairs,
according to the lawsuit.

The bullet "ripped through her forearm before fragmenting in her
bicep and chest, lodging near her spine," according to the
lawsuit. "She believed she was going to die."

Two years later, Kilnapp has nerve damage that causes pain in
her dominant arm and wrist, the lawsuit said. She has not been
able to return to duty because of her injuries and PTSD, and,
according to the lawsuit, it's unclear when she will.

Cleveland.com first reported about the lawsuit last week.

The city of Cleveland and police Chief Dornat Drummond are also
named as defendants. The lawsuit said the city and police
department fail to adequately train officers, especially new
officers, in use of force, interventions for people with mental
health crises and de-escalation techniques.

The lawsuit claims Gannon falsely told investigators that Darryl
Borden, 44, was holding a gun in both hands and pointing it
toward the door when Gannon opened it.

Borden was arrested that night and was later indicted on two
counts of attempted murder of a police officer. An examination
by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation showed that Borden
fired two rounds into a wall opposite where he was standing but
not at the officers, according to the lawsuit.

The attempted murder charges were dropped in June 2021, and
Borden pleaded guilty to attempted felonious assault of a police
officer.

Borden was sentenced to seven to 10 years in state prison. The
following October, he received 57 months in federal prison for
illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. A docket
entry in the federal case said that sentence will be served
consecutively to the state case.

Borden's attorney in the state case did not return telephone
messages seeking comment Monday.

Spokespeople for Cleveland did not return messages seeking
comment.

Gannon hung up on a reporter Monday afternoon when asked to
comment about the lawsuit. Court records don't indicate whether
he has an attorney.

While Gannon's body camera footage recorded him saying he might
have shot Kilnapp, police officials did not tell Kilnapp she was
shot by Gannon until the spring of last year, according to the
lawsuit.

Kilnapp was suspended in March 2021 for failing to turn on her
body camera that night, while Gannon was not disciplined for
"firing blindly over his head while running in the other
direction, even though his actions flagrantly violated the most
basic gun-safety rules," according to the lawsuit.

Gannon, in an annual performance review three months after
shooting Kilnapp, was described as "exceeding expectations"
while a supervisor described the shooting as a "minor setback,"
according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit noted that Gannon's father is a Cleveland police
sergeant.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cleveland-cop-jennifer-kilnapp-sues- rookie-partner-bailey-gannon-for-shooting-her-while-allegedly-
firing-blindly/

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