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Columbus, Ohio police officer charged in the December killing of Andre Hill
Adam Coy, a 19-year veteran of the Columbus, Ohio, Division of Police, was arrested on charges of homicide Wednesday in the December 22 killing of Andre Hill, a 47-year-old African American man who was unarmed at the time of the shooting.
Coy, who is white, was suspended and then fired after the December shooting. He has also been charged with dereliction of duty and felonious assault.
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Officer Coy and his partner were responding to a complaint from a neighborhood resident, who claimed they had seen a suspicious vehicle in the area.
Andre Hill s family attorney: We are relieved but not satisfied
Adam Coy was indicted Wednesday by a Franklin County grand jury following an investigation of Hill s shooting death in December. Author: 10TV Web Staff, Brittany Bailey Published: 11:02 AM EST February 4, 2021 Updated: 6:45 PM EST February 4, 2021
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the family of Andre Hill spoke publicly for the first time since a former Columbus police officer was charged with murder in Hill s death.
“We were very relieved, but we’re not satisfied because we know, based on the history in America, when an unarmed Black man is killed by white police, the indictment doesn’t mean a conviction,” Crump said during a Thursday press conference, which can be watched below.