Columbus police on Wednesday released camera footage of the fatal shooting of a 47-year-old black man in which an officer shot the victim within seconds of the encounter.
Images of the meeting published by WOSU public media shows the officer, identified as Adam Coy, shooting Andre Maurice Hill early Tuesday morning.
The incident comes weeks after a local sheriff’s deputy, Jason Meade, 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. shot, whose death sparked protests throughout the city.
The Columbus Department of Public Safety said on Tuesday that Coy’s camera was not fully activated, which means there is no audio for the first 60 seconds of the encounter.
However, Coy can be seen with another officer approaching Hill’s garage. About 47 seconds after the start of the video, Hill can be seen walking out of his garage with a phone in one hand, his right hand not visible.
Coy appears to shoot Hill just seconds later, and Hill can be seen falling to the ground.
When the audio is picked up immediately afterward, Coy may be breathing heavily. “Put your damn hands aside,” he says to Hill, who appears motionless to the ground. ‘Hands to the side now! Now roll to your stomach! “
Coy then asks if doctors are coming and approaches Hill and rolls him over. The footage from the news broadcast shows an officer starting to provide first aid six minutes later.
Columbus mayor Andrew Ginther (D) called for “immediate termination” of Coy.
“The Columbus Division of Police’s core values are integrity, passion, responsibility, respect and excellence. But [from] the body-worn camera images we saw, these values were absent and not visible when Mr Hill was dying, ”he said in a statement.
The officer was released on Tuesday, meaning he turned in his gun and badge and was stripped of all police powers pending a criminal and internal investigation.
David DeVillers, the U.S. attorney for the Ohio Southern District, said in a statement Wednesday that his office is investigating the incident for possible federal civil rights violations after the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations completed its investigation.
He added that he would then consult the Franklin County District Attorney on “how to proceed at the end of our assessment.”
DeVillers is currently reviewing Goodson’s shoot.