An officer chased that other teen down and arrested them. In that moment, an officer shot the 17-year-old while the 18-year-old ran away. A 17-year-old and an 18-year-old got out of the back and displayed handguns, Bryant said. 27 incident, officers stopped a car with four people inside near East Main Street and Seymour Avenue.

Ohio BCI declined to look into this case because no one was hit. An officer fired his weapon while responding, but none of the four people arrested had any gunshot wounds when taken into custody. Someone called police and told them people were walking around outside with guns. 22 incident in the 3600 block of Eakin Road. Bryant reviewed body camera video from an Aug.Hill was 47 when Coy responded to a nonemergency call and found Hill in a neighboring driveway.įollowing that shooting, Ginther moved to bring in an outsider to run Columbus’ police department, selecting Bryant as chief in June 2021.Īt the media briefing, Ginther and Bryant also offered updates on two other recent shootings that involved Columbus police: In that case, Officer Adam Coy apparently mistook Andre Hill’s phone for a possible gun. The shooting comes less than two years after a Columbus police officer lost his job days after shooting a Black man who turned out to be unarmed. We can’t do either of those things right now until this investigation is complete.” “And when they do the wrong thing, we’re going to hold them accountable. “When our officers have done the right thing, we’re going to stand with them,” Ginther said.

“As the chief, it is my job to hold my officers accountable, but it’s also my job to offer them support.” “Every day, officers are put in compromising potentially life-threatening situations in which we are required to make split-second decisions,” Bryant said. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation said it is taking the point on the investigation, as it does on any shooting involving Columbus police based on an agreement between the agencies.

Police then yelled inside to warn anyone inside they were releasing a K9, with no response. They asked both occupants if anyone else was inside, and neither would say. Officers saw another man inside the entrance of the apartment and detained him as well. The footage showed them knock on an apartment door for 8-10 minutes before a man answered and was taken into custody. Officers went to an apartment building in the 3200 block of Sullivant Avenue to serve the warrant. NBC4 is presenting an edited and redacted version of the body camera footage below. “A mother has lost her son today in the city of Columbus,” Ginther said. The victim was identified as 20-year-old Donovan Lewis, and court records show officers were serving a warrant for improperly handling a firearm, assault, and domestic violence. The footage was publicly revealed Tuesday afternoon, hours after the shooting, in a media briefing attended by Mayor Andrew Ginther. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A 20-year-old is dead after he was fatally shot early Tuesday by a Columbus police officer attempting to serve an arrest warrant on him, with body camera footage showing that the man, who was Black, was unarmed and sitting in bed next to what may have been a vape pen.

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