The Columbus police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Black man last week was fired Monday by the city s public safety director, who said in a written statement that known facts do not establish that this use of deadly force was objectively reasonable.
Director Ned Pettus decision was issue Monday evening, within hours of a morning disciplinary hearing that the officer, Adam Coy, declined to attend.
In issuing the decision, Pettus upheld Police Chief Thomas Quinlan’s recommendation to terminate Coy.
Pettus laid out three specifications in his decision to dismiss the officer, which included violating the division s use-of-force policy, failing to render aid to Hill after the shooting and failure to activate his body camera while on the call for service.
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