A former Columbus police officer with a troubled past in the Police Division now faces a murder charge in the shooting death of a Black man.
Adam Coy shot and killed 47-year-old Andre Hill within seconds of responding to the scene of a non-emergency disturbance call Dec. 22 on the Northwest Side. He was fired later that month, a decision that is now being contested.
On Wednesday evening, his arrest and indictment was announced by Attorney General Dave Yost. In addition to the murder charge, Coy faces a count of felonious assault and two counts of dereliction of duty one for failing to turn on his body camera when he responded to the scene, and another for failing to inform his fellow officer that he felt Hill presented a danger.
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Body-cam footage shows cops handcuffed Andre Hill after he was shot.
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Columbus police union asks for more medical training after Andrew Hill shooting
Columbus police officer Adam Coy fatally shot Hill after responding to a non-emergency call.Stephen Zenner/AFP via Getty Images
The Columbus, Ohio, police union is asking for more medical training and equipment following the death of Andre Hill, a Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer last month.
Newly-released body-camera footage appears to show responding officers handcuffed Hill before rendering any first aid.
In the minutes that ticked by after an Ohio police officer shot Andre Hill inside his friend s garage, officers scoured the driveway for shell casings, strung crime scene tape around the house and blocked off the street all instead of providing medical support to Hill.
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Columbus, Ohio, police release bodycam footage showing aftermath of December 22 shooting of a 47-year-old unarmed black man, Andre Hill
Hill was fatally shot by Officer Adam Coy, who is white, after Coy and another officer responded to a non-emergency call in the neighborhood
Footage released on Thursday shows police fail to render medical aid to Hill, who lay wounded on his stomach on a garage floor, for more than 13 minutes
Officers then do chest compressions on Hill in attempt to revive him as medics arrive in an ambulance just two minutes later - 15 minutes after he was shot
Columbus police didn't offer aid to Andre Hill until five minutes after shooting, bodycam footage shows theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.