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Ohio Police Officer Charged With Murder for Shooting Woman as She Accelerated Car Into Him

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This X screen shot shows bodycam footage from a fatal incident involving police in Ohio on August 24, 2023.

This X screen shot shows bodycam footage from a fatal incident involving police in Ohio on August 24, 2023.

An Ohio police officer has been indicted on a murder charge after a woman who refused police commands to exit her vehicle was shot dead as she rolled her car into the officer.

Ta’Kiya Young, 21, who was pregnant, was killed in the August 2023 incident after police sought to detain Young in response to a shoplifting complaint, according to NBC.

Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb was charged with four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and two counts of involuntary manslaughter, according to online records filed Tuesday.

Bodycam video posted to X  shows police interacting with Young as she refused to comply.

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