Nov 04, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – After a two-week trial that was delayed for years, a Franklin County jury found a former Columbus police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man guilty of murder.  Adam Coy, 48, faced charges of murder, reckless homicide and felonious assault for fatally shooting Andre Hill, 47, in 2020. After deliberating for about 12 hours, the jury delivered a guilty verdict on all charges. Ohio sheriff’s lieutenant: ‘If you support the Democratic Party, I will not help you’ Use of force trials for police officers use a different standard than the typical murder trial. Jurors did not have to decide if Coy killed Hill, but rather if Coy’s use of force was “objectively reasonable” based on the knowledge he had during that time, without the use of hindsight.  Judge Stephen McIntosh will decide Coy’s punishment at a later date. Sentencing typically takes place a few months after a defendant is found guilty, according to the United States Department of Justice. Coy faces 15 years to life in prison.  On Dec. 22, 2020, at about 1:50 a.m., Coy shot Hill four times while responding to a nonemergency suspicious vehicle call on Columbus’ northwest side. Coy fired at Hill after he began exiting a garage at Coy’s request, with a lit phone screen held up in his left hand and his right hand at his side, not clearly visible due to a parked car. Coy testified he believed Hill had a silver revolver in his right hand, which ended up being a set of keys. Time running out: $139.3M Powerball jackpot still unclaimed in Ohio While multiple officers began arriving at the scene about five minutes after the shooting, 10 minutes passed before Hill was given any medical assistance. He died at a hospital less than an hour later. About one week after the shooting, Coy was fired from the force. In February 2021, Coy was charged with murder and felonious assault, before he was indicted on an additional charge of reckless homicide in April. In the following years, Coy’s trial was delayed three times due to his battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The trial began with jury selection on Oct. 21, nearly four years after the shooting.
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