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Officer Adam Coy of the Columbus Division of Police in Columbus, Ohio, shot and killed Andre Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, on December 22, 2020.
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Coy was responding to a non-emergency call from a neighbor who claimed to have seen someone sitting in an SUV and turning the car on and off in the neighborhood where the incident took place.
Coy and another officer arrived on the scene and found Andre Hill in a garage of a home. According to body camera footage released by the Columbus Division of Police, Coy and Hill briefly interacted before Coy shooting was accidental and that he had not intended to harm Gurley. However, he was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter and official misconduct in February 2016 and could have faced up to 15 years in prison.
But Liang was ultimately sentenced to only five years of probation and 800 hours of community service. New York City paid $4.1 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Gurley’s family. Liang paid $25,000 to Kim Ballinger, the mother of Gurley’s daughter, as part of the settlement. He was also fired from the NYPD.