COLUMBUS, Ohio — The trial of a former Columbus police officer who fatally shot a man in a garage three years ago is scheduled to begin next fall.
Adam Coy's trial is set to begin Oct. 21, 2024.
Earlier this year, a judge granted a request by Coy's defense to postpone the trial indefinitely so the former officer could receive cancer treatment.
Coy fatally shot Andre' Hill on Dec. 22, 2020, as Hill emerged from a garage on Oberlin Drive holding a cellphone. Coy and another officer were responding to a non-emergency call on the report of a suspicious vehicle on Oberlin Drive.
Though neither officer turned on their body-worn cameras, a 60-second rollback with no audio captured Coy approaching the open garage with Hill inside. Authorities later said Hill was at the home visiting a friend.
Hill appeared from around a vehicle with the cellphone in his left hand. His right hand was not visible. Seconds later, Coy removed his gun and fired it at Hill.
Coy was fired on Dec. 28 and later charged with murder, reckless homicide and felonious assault. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
He was initially charged with dereliction of duty for not activating his body camera, but those charges were dropped.
In August 2021, McIntosh denied a request by Coy’s attorney to move the trial out of Columbus who said extensive local and national publicity would make it impossible to seat an impartial jury.
The city reached a $10 million settlement, the largest in Columbus history, with Hill’s family in May 2021.