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Jan 12, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The union that represents Columbus police officers hasn’t decided yet whether to formally challenge the firing of the officer who shot and killed Andre Hill on Dec. 22.
The city fired officer Adam Coy, who is white, days after he shot and killed Hill, a Black man, who walked out of a garage holding a cellphone.
Police union president Keith Ferrell said Monday the organization is waiting for more information.
“I don’t think it would be fair for me to stand up here and tell you that Officer Coy did everything right, because I don’t know that,” said Ferrell, president of Capital City Lodge No. 9. “That’s not responsible for me to do that.”
The union that represents Columbus police officers says it hasn't decided yet whether to formally challenge the firing of the officer who shot and killed Andre Hill
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Officer Amy Detwiler and now-fired officer Adam Coy responded to a non-emergency complaint about someone sitting in a parked car that was being turned on and off. Neither officer had their body camera turned on as they approached the driveway and garage, but a 60-second video only look-back feature shows Hill turn to face the police, raising his cellphone in his left hand, his right hand is not visible in the video. Coy pulled his service revolver and shot Hill several times.
After the officers turned on their cameras, the audio captures them securing the scene and ordering the home’s resident back into the house.
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