Former Columbus Police Officer Is Charged With Murder
Source: New York Times
A former Columbus police officer who fatally shot a Black man in December has been arrested and charged with murder, Attorney General Dave Yost of Ohio announced on Wednesday.
The former officer, Adam Coy, a 19-year veteran, was also charged with felonious assault and two counts of dereliction of duty. He was fired several weeks after the shooting.
Mr. Coy shot Andre Hill, 47, after responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle. When he and another officer arrived at the scene, Mr. Coy found Mr. Hill in a garage and opened fire within seconds. Mr. Hill, who had been holding a cellphone, died at a hospital shortly after.
Mr. Yost said his office acted as a special prosecutor in the case, reviewing evidence, interviewing witnesses and presenting charges to a grand jury. The grand jury indicted Mr. Coy, who was arrested on Wednesday.
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Adam Coy is a Columbus police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man before turning his body camera on. The 44-year-old Ohio cop has a history of citizen complaints accusing him of excessive use of force and policy violations, including involving not properly using his bodycam or in-car cameras. Coy has been relieved of duty pending a criminal and internal investigation, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said.
Coy is accused of fatally shooting 47-year-old Andre’ Maurice Hill, Columbus police said in a statement. Coy has been an officer with the Columbus Division of Police for 19 years, according to the statement. He was assigned to the Zone 4 evening midwatch shift before he was relived from duty, police said. Coy could not be reached for comment by Heavy and it was not immediately clear if he has hired an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Coy and another officer, who has not been identified, were responding to a non-emergency disturbance in the 1000 block of Oberlin Drive about 1:37 a.m. The resident making the noise complaint told dispatchers a man had been sitting in an SUV on his street for an extended period, turning his vehicle on and off, according to police. When Coy and the other officer arrived at the scene, they found the man, later identified as Hill, inside a garage with the door open.
Coy and the other officer did not activate their body cameras before the shooting, but the 60-second “look back” window feature on the camera did record the shooting, with no audio, police said. The bodycam video shows Hill walking toward Coy and the other officer with a cell phone in his left hand. His right hand was not visible, according to police. Coy fired his weapon, striking Hill. The victim was taken to Riverside Hospital, where he died at 2:25 a.m., police said. The video of the shooting can be. seen below.
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