前警官亚当·科伊周一被陪审团认定在2020年犯有谋杀罪致命枪击安德烈·希尔，一名47岁的手无寸铁的黑人男子，在被告命令他拿着一部手机和一大串钥匙从黑暗的车库里出来后，他被枪击了四次。
备受瞩目的富兰克林县民事诉讼法院案件的陪审团在商议了大约两天半后宣布了裁决。
除了谋杀，陪审团还发现科伊犯有重罪袭击和鲁莽杀人罪。
代表希尔家人的全国民权律师本杰明·克伦普(Benjamin Crump)在一份声明中表示:“这一判决为安德烈·希尔的家人带来了一定程度的正义，他们等待了近四年，希望看到对他悲惨和不必要的死亡追究刑事责任。”。“安德烈是一个手无寸铁的无辜者，他的生命是在无视保护和服务职责的情况下被夺走的。今天的判决强调了没有人可以凌驾于法律之上，包括那些宣誓维护法律的人。”
克伦普补充说，“我们希望这些判决能给希尔家族带来一些愈合，并发出一个强有力的信息:执法中的问责制不是可有可无的。”
科伊在审判中声称，2020年12月22日，当他走出车库时，他错误地认为希尔正用银色左轮手枪瞄准他，他担心自己的生命安全。但是科伊作证说，他认为希尔右手里拿着的银色左轮手枪原来是一套银钥匙。
“我以为我要死了，”一个情绪化的忸怩作态的前哥伦布警察局成员上周作证说。
科伊面临终身监禁的判决，没有假释的可能。他定于11月25日被判刑。
当地时间中午宣布判决后，法官斯蒂芬·麦金托什(Stephen L. McIntosh)撤销了科伊的100万美元保证金，科伊立即被法庭官员拘留，并被带出法庭。
枪击事件发生一周后，科伊被哥伦布警察局解雇。
枪击事件发生约一个月后，科伊被捕，并被指控杀害了希尔。
在拍摄希尔之前，科伊没有打开他的随身相机，但该设备有一个“回看”功能，可以自动激活并录制60秒的无声音剧集，包括拍摄拍摄。
向陪审团播放的人体摄像机镜头还显示，当希尔躺在车库的地板上奄奄一息时，没有一名对事件做出反应的警察似乎立即提供了急救。录像显示，一名女子从房子里走出来，告诉警察希尔是一名客人，“他给我带来了圣诞礼物”。他什么也没做。”
陪审团在周三听取结案陈词后做出了决定。
在他的总结中，富兰克林县检察官安东尼·皮尔森告诉陪审团，根据他的训练和国家警察的标准，证据确凿无疑地证明了科伊使用致命武力是不正当的。
皮尔森说:“这个案件不是关于一个拒捕的人，警察在他身上堆东西，用膝盖顶他，或者类似的事情，然后他就死了。”。“这个案子不是关于一个人告诉警察，‘我恨你。我要杀了你，这不是问题。这是关于一个人执行警察的命令，并因此而被杀害。”
科伊的律师马克·柯林斯猛烈抨击该州的案件，称检察官没有证明这些指控超出合理怀疑。
“我们现在知道政府的理论是，不知何故他(科伊)开枪打死了一名手无寸铁的男子，并在事后编造了整个事情，”柯林斯告诉陪审员，指的是科伊在错误地认为他看到希尔手中有枪后进行自卫的说法。“但那是有悖常理的女士们先生们。这是绝望的女士们先生们。女士们先生们，这就是政府。”
柯林斯补充道，“我很惊讶他们没有说是他放的钥匙。”
2021年5月，哥伦布市同意与希尔的家人达成1000万美元的非正常死亡和解，这是该市支付的最高金额。
2021年2月对科伊的起诉发生在哥伦布市议会也通过安德烈法的几天后，该法以希尔的名字命名，要求哥伦布警察在回应电话时打开身体摄像头，并在发生使用武力事件后立即进行急救。
Former Ohio cop Adam Coy found guilty of murder in fatal 2020 shooting of unarmed Black man Andre Hill
Former police officer Adam Coy was found guilty of murder on Monday by a jury in the 2020fatal shootingof Andre Hill, a 47-year-old unarmed Black man who was shot four times after the defendant ordered him to emerge from a darkened garage while holding a cellphone and a large set of keys.
The jury in the high-profile Franklin County Court of Common Pleas case announced its verdict after deliberating for about two-and-a-half days.
Besides murder, the jury also found Coy guilty of felonious assault and reckless homicide.
"This verdict delivers a measure of justice for Andre Hill's family, who have waited nearly four years to see criminal accountability for his tragic and unnecessary death," national civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who represents Hill's family, said in a statement. "Andre was an unarmed, innocent man, and his life was taken with disregard for the duty to protect and serve. Today’s verdict underscores that no one is above the law, including those sworn to uphold it."
Crump added, "We hope these verdicts bring some healing to the Hill family and send a powerful message: accountability in law enforcement is not optional."
Coy asserted during the trial that he feared for his life when he mistakenly believed Hill was leveling a silver revolver at him as he stepped out of the garage on Dec. 22, 2020. But the silver revolver Coy testified that he believed Hill was holding in his right hand turned out to be a set of silver keys.
"I thought I was going to die," an emotional Coy, a former member of the Columbus Division of Police, testified last week.
Coy faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 25.
After the verdict was announced just after noon local time, Judge Stephen L. McIntosh revoked Coy's $1 million bond and Coy was immediately taken into custody by court officers who led him out of the courtroom.
Coy was fired from the Columbus Police Department about a week after the shooting.
About a month after the shooting, Coy was arrested and indicted in the killing of Hill.
Coy did not turn on his body-worn camera until he shot Hill, but the device has a "look-back" function that automatically activated and recorded 60 seconds of the episode without sound, including capturing the shooting.
The body camera footage, which was played for the jury, also showed that as Hill lay dying on the floor of the garage, none of the officers who responded to the incident appeared to immediately provide first aid. The footage showed a woman coming out of the house and telling officers that Hill was a guest and that "he was bringing me Christmas money. He didn't do anything."
The jury reached its decision after hearing closing arguments on Wednesday.
During his summation, Franklin County prosecutor Anthony Pierson told the jury that the evidence proved beyond reasonable doubt that Coy's use of deadly force was not justified, according to his training and national police standards.
"This case isn't about someone who is resisting arrest, where officers pile on him, put a knee on him or something like that and he died," Pierson said. "This case is not about someone who tells cops, 'I hate you. I'm going to shoot you,' It's not about that. It's about a man who was following police orders and was killed for it."
Coy's attorney, Mark Collins, slammed the state's case, saying prosecutors did not prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt.
"We now know that the government's theory that somehow he [Coy] shot an unarmed man and made the entire thing up after the fact," Collins told the jurors, referring to Coy's claims of self-defense after wrongly believing he saw a gun in Hill's hand. "But that's perverse ladies and gentlemen. That's desperate ladies and gentlemen. That's the government ladies and gentlemen."
Collins added, "I'm surprised they didn't say that he planted the keys."
In May 2021, the City of Columbus agreed to a $10 million wrongful death settlement with Hill's family, the highest amount ever paid by the city.
The indictment of Coy in February 2021 came just days after the Columbus City Council also passed Andre's Law, which was named after Hill and requires Columbus police officers to turn on their body cameras when responding to calls and to immediately render first aid after a use-of-force incident.
