Coroner: Andre Hill died from multiple gunshot wounds; death ruled a homicide
Hill was shot by Officer Adam Coy on Dec. 22. Coy was responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the 1000 block of Oberlin Drive.
Credit: Family of Andre Hill Author: 10TV Web Staff Updated: 3:07 PM EST December 28, 2020
The Franklin County Coroner s Office released the preliminary autopsy results for Andre Hill, the man killed by a Columbus police officer, on Monday.
Hill was shot by Officer Adam Coy on Dec. 22. Coy was responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the 1000 block of Oberlin Drive.
Coy did not turn on his body-worn camera until after the shooting. The camera does have a feature that records 60 seconds prior to it being turned out but it records no audio.
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COLUMBUS A Columbus, Ohio police officer was fired Monday after bodycam footage showed him fatally shooting 47-year-old Andre Hill, a Black man holding a cellphone, and refusing to administer first aid for several minutes.
The police officer, identified as Adam Coy, a 19-year veteran of the Columbus Division of Police, was stripped of all police powers after it was discovered that he did not turn on his body camera until after fatally shooting Hill early on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
Body camera footage of the incident released Wednesday also showed the officer did not appear to provide immediate aid to Hill.