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Who is Adam Coy? Adam Coy Bio/Wiki
Adam Coy is a police officer from Columbus who fatally shot an unarmed black man before turning on a body camera. The 44-year-old Ohio cop has a history of allegations from people accusing him of excessive use of force and political abuses, including failing to use his bodycam or in-car cameras properly.
Pending a criminal and internal investigation, Coy was relieved of service, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said.
Coy is charged in a statement with fatally shooting 47-year-old Andre Maurice Hill, Columbus police said. According to the statement, Coy has been an officer with the Columbus Division of Police for 19 years. Before he was resurrected from duty, police said, he was assigned to the Zone 4 evening midwatch shift.
Age
Adam Coy is 44 years old and Andre Maurice Hill is 47 years old.
Fatally Shoots Unarmed Black Man Full Details
In the 1000 block of Oberlin Road, Coy and another officer who has not been named responded to a non-emergency disturbance at around 1:37 a.m. According to the police, the resident making the noise complaint told dispatchers that a man had been sitting on his street in an SUV for an extended time, turning his vehicle on and off.
Hustling back to @wsyx6 with body camera footage of yesterday’s fatal police shooting. In the meantime two people standing out in front of @ColumbusPolice headquarters. pic.twitter.com/35DWkDF4RP
— Tom Bosco (@tomwsyx6) December 23, 2020
They found the man, later identified as Hill, inside a garage with the door open when Coy and the other officer arrived at the scene.
Before the shooting, Coy and the other officer did not activate their body cameras, but the camera’s 60-second ‘look back’ window feature captured the shooting, with no audio, police said. The bodycam video shows Hillwalking with a mobile phone in his left hand toward Coy and the other cop. According to the officers, his right hand was not visible.
Coy, striking Hill, fired his pistol. Police said the victim was taken to Riverside Hospital, where he died at 2:25 a.m. The video may be from the shooting.
Who is Andre Maurice Hill?
47-year-old Andre Maurice Hill was identified by the authorities here as the unarmed Black man shot and killed by police earlier this week, with a body-cam video showing the cop opening fire at him in the garage of the house he was visiting.
These are the men responsible for taking the lives of two Black men in Columbus, Ohio. Jason Meade of the @OHFCSO) and Adam Coy (@ColumbusPolice).
They should both be arrested and charged with murder. #blm pic.twitter.com/ieUmcIdP3A
— Blackniss Everdeen ✊🏾✊🏾 (@Kevinctyler2) December 24, 2020
The incident occurred on Oberlin Drive in the northwest part of the city of Columbus, according to a police press release. In the declaration, the police said, “the preliminary investigation indicates the man shot was visiting someone at the home. A weapon was not recovered at the scene. The body-worn camera also documents a delay in rendering first aid to the man.”
On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced that he would investigate the shooting for possible abuses of federal civil rights. For proof of past wrongdoing, he won’t have to look too hard.
@ColumbusPolice imagine or murdering a man for holding a cell phone. Couldn’t be me. #JusticeforAndrehill
Here’s a photo of murderer Adam Coy by the way. Do with this what you will. pic.twitter.com/UyaemfDtrI— Ireland (@Chaoticdumbass7) December 24, 2020
Ohio: An unarmed Black man – holding a cell phone – fatally shot by police within 10 seconds of encounter. #AndreMauriceHill was visiting a friend, had not committed a crime when officer #AdamCoy – who has a history of excessive force – fatally shot him over idling SUV.@CBS46 pic.twitter.com/pXUX1JNkYh
— shon gables cbs46 (@shongables) December 24, 2020