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.