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Columbus police chief ‘stepping back’ amid reform efforts after Andre Hill shooting Facebook/Andre HillBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The chief of police in Columbus, Ohio, is “stepping back” following the death of Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer last month. The city is now conducting a national search to replace Chief Thomas Quinlan, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther announced Thursday, who pointed to frustrations around reform efforts as the reason behind the change of command. “It became clear to me that Chief Quinlan co...

Adam Coy, the Columbus Police officer involved in shooting Hill on Dec. 22, was fired following the incident. The city’s NAACP called on Coy’s arrest.

The police chief who oversaw a summer of Columbus protests and controversial shootings will no longer serve in that role.

Body camera footage showed 47-year-old Hill emerge from a garage while holding up a cellphone in his left-hand seconds before he is fatally shot by a Columbus police officer. The nationwide search for a new permanent chief is on.

Police chief 'stepping back' after shooting of unarmed Black man © Eric Albrecht/Columbus Dispatch via USA Today Network The chief of police in Columbus, Ohio, is "stepping back" following the death of Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer last month. The city is now conducting a national search to replace Chief Thomas Quinlan, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther announced Thursday, who pointed to frustrations around reform efforts as the reason behind the change of command. “It became clear to me that Chief Quinlan could not successfully implement the r...