COY GUILTY

AFTER FIVE DAYS OF TESTIMONY AND 12 HOURS OF DELIBERATION, A JURY FOUND FORMER COLUMBUS POLICE OFFICER ADAM COY GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES IN THE DECEMBER 2020 SHOOTING DEATH OF ANDRE HILL.
THE JURY FOUND COY GUILTY ON ALL THREE CHARGES, WHICH IS A HISTORIC DECISION. NO COLUMBUS POLICE OFFICER IN RECENT HISTORY HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY ON MURDER CHARGES FOR AN ON DUTY SHOOTING. I ASKED DEFENSE ATTORNEY MARK COLLINS IF THEY PLAN ON APPEALING THIS VERDICT. VERDICT, HE SAID THEY ABSOLUTELY WILL DO THAT.