US EditionEx-Officer Who Mistook a Black Man's Keys and Phone for a Gun Gets 15 Years to Life for Murder
FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, JUL 28 – Adam Coy was sentenced under Ohio's mandatory law and will be eligible for parole after 15 years, following his conviction for the 2020 shooting of Andre Hill.
- On July 28, 2025, Judge Stephen McIntosh sentenced Adam Coy, who was convicted of the 2020 killing of Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio, to a prison term of 15 years to life.
- The sentencing followed Coy's November 2024 conviction for shooting Hill four times after mistaking his cellphone for a gun during a disturbance call on December 22, 2020.
- Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, was unarmed and emerged from a friend's garage holding up a cellphone when Coy fired the shots, with officers waiting about 10 minutes to aid him.
- During the trial, Coy expressed that he feared for his life and disagreed with the verdict, while the city of Columbus reached a $10 million settlement in the lawsuit filed by Hill's family, marking the largest police-related payout in the city's history.
- Coy, who intends to challenge his conviction, will serve his life sentence in Ohio and is noted as the first Columbus police officer sentenced for a murder related to an on-duty incident, prompting changes in city policies following the case.
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Ex-officer who mistook a Black man’s keys and phone for a gun gets 15 years to life for murder
A former Ohio police officer convicted of murder in the shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed, was given a mandatory sentence Monday of 15 years to life.
Ex-officer who mistook Black man’s keys and phone for gun gets 15 years to life for murder
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A former Ohio police officer convicted of murder in the shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed, was given a mandatory sentence Monday of 15 years to life.
Former Ohio police officer sentenced for murder of unarmed man in 2020
A former Ohio police officer convicted of murder in the shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed, was given a mandatory sentence Monday of 15 years to life.
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