![]() ![]() Hill's friends and family have described him as being passionate about the Black Lives Matter movement. A 2017 investigation by WOSU found that, in the previous decade, Columbus Police fired 14 officers and rehired three of those officers after appeals from the FOP." Columbus' police union contract gives officers the right to appeal any disciplinary decision. "Even if an officer is fired, it is still possible that they could be reinstated through union arbitration. It said the preliminary cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds with a full report expected in 12 to 14 weeks. Hill was pronounced dead at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital.Ī preliminary report from the Franklin County Coroner's Office released Monday, ruled Hill's death a homicide. Instead, as Hill lays on the floor, Coy, a white, 19-year veteran officer commands, "Don't move dude." They did not try to stop the man's bleeding. Officer Coy turned on his own camera only after he'd already shot at the man who lay on the ground dying.Īs the officers waited for medical help to arrive, neither offered Hill any assistance for approximately five minutes. That is why aspects of the lead up to Hill's killing remain a mystery. However, once they are switched to record, the camera automatically keeps the previous 60 seconds of footage minus the accompanying audio. The devices within the department are set up so that they are always running and overwriting unwanted footage. The incident was only partially captured by the officer's body camera. Hill walked toward the pair, holding up a cell phone. The officers approached the 47-year-old with shining flashlights. ![]() Upon their arrival, they found Hill sitting in a vehicle inside an opened-door garage. "The shooting of Andre Hill is a tragedy for all who loved him, in addition to the community and our Division of Police."Ĭoy and another officer responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle at about 1:30 a.m. "The actions of Adam Coy do not live up to the oath of a Columbus Police officer, or the standards we, and the community, demand of our officers," Pettus wrote in a statement. Pettus, who is the only official with the authority to fire police officers, said Coy had violated the department's use-of-force policy, failed to follow protocol by delaying the activation of his body camera, and failed to render aid to the dying man. Coy will now have to answer to the state investigators for the death of Andre Hill." The evidence provided solid rationale for termination. "When I became chief, I changed our core values to include accountability," the police chief said in a statement Monday, NPR member station WOSU reported. Following a disciplinary hearing Monday, Public Safety Director Ned Pettus agreed. Police Chief Tom Quinlan, as well as the city's mayor and other leaders, have called for Coy's dismissal since the shooting on Dec. SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettĬolumbus, Ohio, Officer Adam Coy, who fatally shot Andre Hill, a Black man during an early morning nonemergency call last week, was fired Monday. Officer Adam Coy was fired from the Columbus Police Department on Monday for his role in fatally shooting the 47-year-old on Dec. Advocates against police brutality organized a caravan protest after the killing of Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio.
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