Former Columbus police officer Adam Coy is guilty of murdering Andre Hill

Adam Coy, 48, was charged with murder, aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter in the Dec. 22, 2020, death of 47-year-old Andre Hill.

The jury began deliberations around 10 a.m. Thursday after five days of hearing testimony, making opening statements and closing statements and visiting the area of ​​Oberlin Drive where the shooting occurred. Jurors deliberated for about nine and a half hours on Thursday and Friday before resuming deliberations around 9:15 a.m. Monday.

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Jury considers whether Adam Coy's shooting of Andre Hill was “reasonable.”

The jury heard from 10 witnesses over five days and visited the shooting site on Oberlin Drive. The deliberations began at around 9:50 a.m. on Thursday. The jury spent about 11 hours reviewing the evidence before announcing a verdict Monday morning.

Coy went to Oberlin Drive around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 22, 2020, after a neighbor called Columbus police about a silver SUV parked back and forth there for about three hours.

Coy arrived and spoke to the SUV driver, now known to be named Hill. Evidence in the case showed Hill showed Coy a cell phone and said he was waiting for someone. Coy testified that he saw Hill go to the door of a neighboring house in Oberlin and knock on the door with no response from inside. Hill went back to the SUV, rummaged around inside, and returned to the front door, knocking again with no response.

Coy told jurors that when another officer, Amy Detweiler, arrived at the scene, Coy told her the situation was wrong and that the two approached the house.

Evidence from the trial showed that officers saw Hill in the open garage with no lights on, and Coy asked Hill to come out and show himself.

Coy yelled, “Gun, gun, he has a gun!” before drawing his gun and shooting Hill four times. Coy testified that he saw silver metal in Hill's right hand while Hill held up his left hand with a cell phone in it.

The metal was Hill's key ring. He was unarmed.

Coy did not have his body camera on at the time of the shooting, but his camera captured the shooting without sound in a 60-second flashback feature.

Columbus police fired Coy less than a week after the shooting.

Jurors in the case did not hear evidence or see body camera footage of how officers, including Coy, failed to provide medical aid to Hill for about 10 minutes because no charges were filed against Coy in connection with the events following the shooting.

After the shooting, the Columbus City Council passed Andre's Law, which requires officers to provide medical assistance. Columbus also upgraded police officers' body cameras, including a two-minute lookback feature that captures audio and video. The city agreed to pay Hill's family $10 million as part of a civil settlement.

This is a developing story and has been updated.

Former Columbus police officer Adam Coy describes the shooting of Andre Hill

Former Columbus police officer Adam Coy testified Monday afternoon that he fatally shot Andre Hill in December 2020.

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