Ohio police officer fired in fatal shooting of black man

Ohio police officer fired in fatal shooting of black man

People at a vigil for Andre Hill in Columbus on Saturday. Mr Hill was fatally shot by a white police officer who has now been sacked (Gaelen Morse/The Columbus Dispatch/AP)

A white Ohio police officer was fired on Monday after bodycam footage showed him fatally shooting 47-year-old Andre Hill — a black man who was holding a mobile phone — and then refusing to administer first aid for several minutes.

Columbus police officer Adam Coy was fired hours after a hearing to determine his employment, Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus said in a statement.

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