Columbus FOP leader: Officer who shot Andre Hill has been terminated

The Columbus police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Black man last week has been terminated, according to leaders with the local Fraternal Order of Police.

A hearing on whether Officer Adam Coy should be fired concluded late Monday morning, and city officials promised a "prompt decision" on the officer's employment.

Brian Steel, Vice President of FOP Capital City Lodge 9, confirmed Coy's termination to The Dispatch late Monday afternoon.

Also Monday, a preliminary report from the Franklin County Coroner's Office determined Andre Hill's death to be a homicide. The preliminary cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds, the coroner's office said in a media release. A full autopsy report is expected in 12 to 14 weeks.

Read more: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/28/hearing-concludes-columbus-officer-who-fatally-shot-andre-hill/4060582001/
(Columbus Dispatch)