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“#Ohio cop who killed unarmed black man holding cellphone is fired<\/strong>”
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The white Ohio cop who shot and killed Andre Hill \u2014 a 47-year-old black man holding a cellphone \u2014 was fired on Monday.<\/p>\n

Columbus police officer Adam Coy got the boot hours after a hearing was held to determine whether his actions were justified, and whether he would keep his job, Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d Pettus said in a statement<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe shooting of Andre Hill is a tragedy for all who loved him in addition to the community and our Division of Police.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coy, a 17-year veteran of the force, remains under investigation for last week\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n

At around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, he and another cop had responded to a non-emergency call about a car in front of his house in the Cranbrook neighborhood that had been running, then shut off, then turned back on.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear if that car had anything to do with Hill, officials have said.<\/p>\n

Police bodycam footage showed Hill emerging from a garage while holding up a cellphone in his left hand \u2014 and being shot by Coy some six seconds later. Hill was unarmed.<\/p>\n

No audio is available since Coy did not turn on his body camera until after the shooting, which only captured video due to an automatic \u201clook back\u201d feature.<\/p>\n

For several minutes, Coy and the other cop refused to administer aid to Hill, who died less than an hour later at a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n

An additional investigation is being conducted into the other cops who app<\/a>eared to have failed to turn on their body cameras or render aid at the scene, said Police Chief Thomas Quinlan.<\/p>\n

Officers must activate their body cams as soon as they are dispatched to a major incident, such as a shooting or robbery. While Coy was sent on a non-emergency call, he should have turned on the cam when he interacted with Hill, a police spokesman said.<\/p>\n

Quinlan, in a video statement on Christmas Eve, said he had seen enough to recommend that Coy be terminated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what accountability looks like. The evidence provided solid rationale for termination,\u201d Quinlan said after Coy\u2019s firing on Monday. <\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Coy will now have to answer to the state investigators for the death of Andre Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Members of the local Fraternal Order of Police attended the hearing on behalf of Coy, who wasn\u2019t there, according to a statement from Pettus\u2019 office.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficer Coy was given the opportunity today to come and participate,\u201d Brian Steel, vice president of the police union, told reporters Monday. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe elected not to participate. I do not know why \u2026 I would have liked to have him here, but it\u2019s his decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coy had been suspended since last week and required to turn in his gun and shield.<\/p>\n

In addition to an internal police probe and a state criminal investigation, Ohio Attorney General<\/a> Dave Yost was appointed a special prosecutor in the death of Hill on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Hill\u2019s family and their lawyer Ben Crump said in a statement that the Columbus Department of Public Safety made the right call in firing Coy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to reviewing all the bodycam footage and determining everything that happened leading to Andre Hill\u2019s death,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to redefine a relationship between police and communities of color in which it doesn\u2019t turn deadly for a Black person with a cell phone to encounter a law enforcement officer.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em>\n <\/div>\n