Police in Louisville, Kentucky shot pepper balls at a news team as they were broadcasting live coverage of a Friday protest.

After indicating that she was "behind the line" created by officers, reporter Kaitlin Rust of television station WAVE was hit by a non-lethal offensive weapon by an alleged member of the Louisville Metro Police Department.

Rust then corrected herself and said she had been shot with a pepper ball.

"They're aiming at us," Rust said.

News anchors in the WAVE studio commenting off-screen said, "They're shooting at our crew," as Louisville Metro Police Department attempted to form a line across a street in the background.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said Friday that the LMPD had not opened fire during the demonstration.

Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, said Friday she was appreciative of people demanding that justice be done while decrying the violence evidenced during the protests.