Ohio Police Officer Fired After Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Man Andre Hill
The police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man in Columbus, Ohio, last week, has been fired, according to the city’s police chief.
Officer Adam Coy was terminated on Monday after bodycam footage showed him fatally shooting 47-year-old Andre Hill, who was holding a cellphone, and failing to administer first aid for several minutes.
Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan said in a statement on Dec. 28 that, “the evidence provided solid rationale for termination.”
“Mr. Coy will now have to answer to the state investigators for the death of Andre Hill,” Quinlan wrote. “This is what accountability looks like,” he added.
By Alec Snyder, Peter Nickeas and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN
Adam Coy, the Columbus, Ohio, police officer who shot and killed Andre Hill, was fired Monday, according to a statement from Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr.
Coy’s termination follows a disciplinary hearing held earlier in the day. The local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police represented him at the hearing.
“The information, evidence and representations made by Chief (Thomas) Quinlan as the investigator are, in my opinion, indisputable. His disciplinary recommendation is well-supported and appropriate,” Pettus said. “The actions of Adam Coy do not live up to the oath of a Columbus Police officer, or the standards we, and the community, demand of our officers.”
Officer says Adam Coy yelled there’s a gun in his other hand before shooting Andre Hill
The city fired Officer Adam Coy finding that the “known facts do not establish that this use of deadly force was objectively reasonable.” Author: Bennett Haeberle Updated: 11:03 PM EST December 29, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio The second Columbus police officer who responded to a non-emergency call with Officer Adam Coy told investigators that she did not “observe any threats from” Andre Hill and “did not see a weapon” but could not see his right side before Coy opened fire.
Officer Amy Detweiler told investigators with the internal affairs unit of the Columbus Division of Police that Coy yelled “there’s a gun in his other hand, there’s a gun in his other hand.”