Video released in police killing of Black man holding phone
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December 23, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Body camera footage released Wednesday shows Andre Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, emerging from a garage and holding up a cellphone in his left hand seconds before he is fatally shot by a Columbus police officer.
About six seconds pass between the time Hill is visible in the video and when the officer fires his weapon early Tuesday. There is no audio because the officer hadn't activated the body camera; an automatic "look back" feature captured the shooting without audio.
Without audio, it's unclear whether the officer, identified as Adam Coy, yelled any commands at Hill,...
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