Former Ohio cop found guilty of murder in fatal 2020 shooting of an unarmed Black man

Former constabulary serviceman Adam Coy was recovered blameworthy of execution connected Monday by a assemblage successful nan 2020 fatal shooting of Andre Hill, a 47-year-old unarmed Black man who was changeable 4 times aft nan suspect ordered him to look from a darkened car shed while holding a cellphone and a ample group of keys.

The assemblage successful nan high-profile Franklin County Court of Common Pleas lawsuit announced its verdict aft deliberating astir for two-and-a-half days.

: Former Columbus, Ohio, constabulary serviceman Adam Coy springiness affectional grounds connected Oct. 28, 2024, astatine his execution proceedings stemming from nan fatal 2020 shooting of Andre Hill.

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Besides murder, nan assemblage besides recovered Coy blameworthy of felonious battle and reckless homicide.

Coy asserted during nan proceedings that he feared for his life erstwhile he mistakenly believed Hill was leveling a metallic revolver astatine him arsenic he stepped retired of nan car shed connected Dec. 22, 2020. But nan metallic revolver Coy testified that he believed Hill was holding successful his correct manus turned retired to beryllium a group of metallic keys.

"I thought I was going to die," an affectional Coy, a erstwhile personnel of nan Columbus Division of Police, testified past week.

Coy faces a condemnation of life successful situation without nan anticipation of parole. He is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected Nov. 25.

Coy was fired from nan Columbus Police Department astir a week aft nan shooting.

About a period aft nan shooting, Coy was arrested and indicted successful nan sidesplitting of Hill.

Coy did not move connected his body-worn camera until he changeable Hill, but nan instrumentality has a "look-back" usability that automatically activated and recorded 60 seconds of nan section without sound, including capturing nan shooting.

The assemblage camera footage, which was played for nan jury, besides showed that arsenic Hill laic dying connected nan level of nan garage, nary of nan officers who responded to nan incident appeared to instantly supply first aid. The footage showed a female coming retired of nan location and telling officers that Hill was a impermanent and that "he was bringing maine Christmas money. He didn't do anything."

The assemblage reached its determination aft proceeding closing arguments connected Wednesday.

During his summation, Franklin County charismatic Anthony Pierson told nan assemblage that nan grounds proved beyond reasonable uncertainty that Coy's usage of deadly unit was not justified, according to his training and nationalist constabulary standards.

"This lawsuit isn't astir personification who is resisting arrest, wherever officers heap connected him, put a knee connected him aliases thing for illustration that and he died," Pierson said. "This lawsuit is not astir personification who tells cops, 'I dislike you. I'm going to sprout you,' It's not astir that. It's astir a man who was pursuing constabulary orders and was killed for it."

Coy's attorney, Mark Collins, slammed nan state's case, saying prosecutors did not beryllium nan charges beyond reasonable doubt.

"We now cognize that nan government's mentation that someway he [Coy] changeable an unarmed man and made nan full point up aft nan fact," Collins told nan jurors, referring to Coy's claims of self-defense aft wrongly believing he saw a weapon successful Hill's hand. "But that's perverse ladies and gentlemen. That's hopeless ladies and gentlemen. That's nan authorities ladies and gentlemen."

Collins added, "I'm amazed they didn't opportunity that he planted nan keys."

In May 2021, nan City of Columbus agreed to a $10 cardinal wrongful decease colony pinch Hill's family, nan highest magnitude ever paid by nan city.

The indictment of Coy successful February 2021 came conscionable days aft nan Columbus City Council besides passed Andre's Law, which was named aft Hill and requires Columbus constabulary officers to move connected their assemblage cameras erstwhile responding to calls and to instantly render first assistance aft a use-of-force incident.