Andre Hill: white officer involved in fatal shooting fired amid investigation

Authorities call killing ‘a tragedy’ after Hill, 47, was shot while holding a cellphone and then denied aid

A white Ohio police officer was fired Monday after bodycam footage showed him fatally shooting Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone, then refusing to aid him for several minutes.

Columbus police officer Adam Coy was fired hours after a hearing. His firing was announced in a statement from Ned Pettus Jr, the director of Columbus public safety.

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