Andre Hill Held His Keys. Officer Adam Coy Got 15 Years to Life

Andre Hill, Columbus, Ohio, December 2020. Officer Adam Coy was convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years to life; the city paid the family $10 million. December 22, 2020, just before 2 in the morning on Oberlin Drive in Columbus, Ohio: officer Adam Coy answers a non emergency call about an SUV that keeps turning on and off. Andre Hill, 47, is visiting a friend. Minutes later he walks out of a dark garage holding a phone and a set of keys, and Coy fires four times, saying he saw a silver revolver. Coy's body camera was off; its look back minute has no sound, and about ten minutes pass before anyone gives first aid. This episode follows the call, the minutes after, the officer's file, his partner's account and his own testimony at trial, and this video does not show the shooting. Chapters 0:00 Cold open 0:59 Four steps out of a dark garage 5:16 Ten minutes before anyone helped 7:41 The lieutenant who asked if he was salvageable 9:45 The grandfather in the garage 11:37 Fired in six days, charged in six weeks 13:31 What his partner saw, and didn't 16:04 The officer's own account, under oath 18:05 The text message he said he saw 22:53 Reasonable, or reckless 26:50 The whole case Sources: NBC News; WBNS 10TV; WSYX ABC 6; NBC4 Columbus; Associated Press via WCPO; CBS News; Spectrum News 1; WOSU Footage: Columbus Division of Police body camera as aired by WBNS 10TV and Good Morning America; trial and court video from WBNS 10TV and WSYX ABC 6; NBC4 Columbus; used in short excerpts with credit for commentary and reporting. Commentary. All charges are allegations unless a court has ruled.