Police observed no threats from Andre Hill before fatal shooting, report says
Columbus police
Body camera footage shows a Columbus, Ohio, police officer fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in a garage within seconds of their encounter.
By: Scripps National & The Associated Press
Posted at 7:23 AM, Dec 31, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-31 11:18:19-05
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) â Released records show an officer on the scene of last week s fatal shooting of Andre Hill did not observe any threats before a fellow officer fired at him.
Internal affairs reports released this week show that Columbus Officer Amy Detwiler was with Officer Adam Coy when the Dec. 22 shooting happened.
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Columbus, Ohio, police release bodycam footage showing aftermath of December 22 shooting of a 47-year-old unarmed black man, Andre Hill
Hill was fatally shot by Officer Adam Coy, who is white, after Coy and another officer responded to a non-emergency call in the neighborhood
Footage released on Thursday shows police fail to render medical aid to Hill, who lay wounded on his stomach on a garage floor, for more than 13 minutes
Officers then do chest compressions on Hill in attempt to revive him as medics arrive in an ambulance just two minutes later - 15 minutes after he was shot
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press
Karissa Hill, daughter of Andre Hill, reacts during a vigil being held for her father at Brentnell Community Recreation Center on Columbus. Ohio, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. The police chief of Columbus, Ohio, recommended on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, that the officer who shot and killed Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, earlier this week be fired. (Gaelen Morse/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
COLUMBUS An officer on the scene of the fatal shooting of Andre Hill in Ohio’s capital city last week didn’t perceive any threats and didn’t see a gun, contrary to a mistaken claim by the fellow officer who killed Hill, according to records released Tuesday.
Dec 30, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) An officer on the scene of the fatal shooting of Andre Hill in Ohio’s capital city last week didn’t perceive any threats and didn’t see a gun, contrary to a mistaken claim by the fellow officer who killed Hill, according to records released Tuesday.
The records provide new details into the Dec. 22 shooting of 47-year-old Andre Hill, a Black man who was fatally shot by Officer Adam Coy, who is white, as Hill emerged from a garage holding a cellphone with his left hand and his right hand not visible.
The city fired Coy on Tuesday, accusing him of incompetence and “gross neglect of duty,” among other charges.
Dec 30, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) An officer on the scene of the fatal shooting of Andre Hill in Ohio’s capital city last week didn’t perceive any threats and didn’t see a gun, contrary to a mistaken claim by the fellow officer who killed Hill, according to records released Tuesday.
The records provide new details into the Dec. 22 shooting of 47-year-old Andre Hill, a Black man who was fatally shot by Officer Adam Coy, who is white, as Hill emerged from a garage holding a cell phone with his left hand and his right hand not visible.
The city fired Coy on Tuesday, accusing him of incompetence and “gross neglect of duty,” among other charges.