A police officer in Columbus, Ohio, was fired on Monday for fatally shooting an unarmed black man last week in what the city’s police chief deemed an “unreasonable use of deadly force,” the city’s public safety director said.
The dismissal of Adam Coy, a 19-year veteran of the Columbus police force, followed the recommendation of Chief Thomas Quinlan, who concluded that Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was the victim of an act of “senseless violence” when he was shot and killed last Tuesday.