Ohio Police gave Andre Hill no assistance for several minutes

Andre Hill, the unarmed 47-year-old black man shot dead by police in Columbus, Ohio just three days before Christmas, received no help for several minutes after being fatally injured, new footage from the police body camera.

The footage, released Thursday, was taken in the moments after Hill was shot by Adam Coy, a 19-year veteran of the force. The footage comes from the body cameras of several different officers, including Officer Amy Detweiler, who was with Coy at the time of the shooting.

Coy was fired after Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan recommended that the officer be fired for failing to turn on his body camera before the shooting and for failing to provide medical assistance to Hill after giving him shoot on it. Coy and Detweiler both violated departmental protocol by failing to turn on their body-worn cameras before filming, according to a directive issued by the Columbus Police Department.

Columbus Director of Public Safety Ned Pettus, Jr. agreed with Quinlan’s recommendation, citing “compelling” evidence in his decision following a hearing Monday.

“Adam Coy’s actions do not live up to the oath of a Columbus police officer, or the standards that we, and the community, demand of our officers,” Pettus said. “The Andre Hill shooting is a tragedy for all who loved him besides the community and our police division.”

Detweiler, who has been with the force since 2011, has been reassigned to administrative duties while an internal investigation into the shooting is conducted, according to NBC4i.

Hill was a guest of the owner where the shooting took place and had committed no crime when Coy and Detweiler arrived at 1:30 a.m. on December 22.

Neither Detweiler nor Coy turned on their cameras before filming. However, a “rollback” feature on the cameras meant that it recorded 60 seconds of video before officers activated them, but that did not capture audio.

Detweiler’s camera activates after the shooting and Hill can be seen sprawled on his back lying in the alley. Coy tells Detweiler to get her support from the police, which she then radio for. Shortly after, footage shows Detweiler getting into his car and then setting up a police tape. As more and more police gather at the scene, an officer can be heard saying to Detweiler, “Grab him. He’s still moving.” Two unidentified officers roll Hill onto his stomach as Detweiler steps over Hill and then handcuffs him.

An officer can be heard reminding others to make sure their cameras are on.

Detweiler’s footage also shows a woman walking out of the house where the filming takes place, saying, “He was bringing me Christmas money. He did not do anything. Detweiler tells the woman to go inside the house and the woman comes back.

Later, Detweiler said to another officer, “I didn’t shoot … I didn’t see what he saw.”

Previously released images of Coy’s body camera begin by showing Hill inside a garage before he was shot.

In the video, before the sound turns on, Hill can be seen holding a phone, with the brightly lit screen facing Coy, as Hill appears to slowly move towards the officer. Hill’s other hand is not clearly visible in the video. The camera shakes as Coy walks away from Hill, with no audio, it’s unclear exactly when Coy shoots as well as how many times Coy shoots his gun.

While this was not captured on the video, Detweiler told NBC News affiliate NBC4i that she heard Coy say, “There’s a gun in his other hand! There’s a gun in his other hand!” ” before shooting Hill. Detweiler said she had not seen a weapon and Hill was then determined not to be armed, NBC4i reported.

Once the audio is on, Hill is on the ground, lying near the back of a car parked in the garage. Coy can be heard screaming, “Put your fucking hands to the side! Hands to the side! Now! Roll up to your stomach, now!” while a still hill can be seen on the ground.

After several minutes, a police superintendent arrives at the scene and asks if anyone is “doing something” for Hill and orders an officer to start pumping Hill’s chest. At this point, an officer finally begins giving Hill chest compressions. The Associate Press estimates that approximately 10 minutes passed before Hill received medical assistance.

Hill was later pronounced dead in a hospital. Coy has not been charged with a felony, but Franklin County District Attorney Ron O’Brien has appointed Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost as special prosecutor to investigate Hill’s case .

After the footage was released, Police Chief Tom Quinlan said his first reaction to seeing the videos was anger and “deep disappointment.”

“One of the core values ​​of the Columbus Police Division is compassion, and the body-worn camera video released today shows little of it,” Quinlan said in the video.

Hill’s family attorney Ben Crump lambasted police in a tweet posted Friday.

“Andre Hill should be alive today and his death is indefensible! The frantic police mentality of shooting first and asking questions later is compelling proof that black lives don’t matter with too many law enforcement officers, “Crump said wrote.