Who Is Adam Coy? Ohio Cop Shoots Unarmed Black Man Andre Maurice Hill

An officer in Columbus, Ohio, is on paid administrative leave after shooting an unarmed Black man in his own garage.

Officer Adam Coy, 44, shot 47-year-old Andre Maurice Hill on Tuesday while responding to a non-emergency call about a man sitting inside a car, turning the ignition on and off, NPR reports.

During the first minute of Coy’s bodycam footage, which was released on Wednesday, there is no audio as the officer is seen approaching Hill’s garage. During that time, Hil is seen emerging with both hands raised and holding his cell phone and is subsequently shot.

While Coy did not activate his bodycam until after the shooting had occurred, the moments leading up to it are accessible because of the “look back” function, which records 60 seconds of video before a bodycam is activated.

When the audio kicks in, Coy, a white man who is a 19 year veteran of the police department, can be heard telling Hill to roll over on his stomach as he appears to moan in pain. Coy is then heard asking another officer if medics are on the way, and the officer informs him that they are.

Hill was then taken by paramedics to OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

Following the release of the footage, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther revealed that he wanted the officer who shot Hill to be fired. Ginther was angered at the fact that neither officer administered aid to Hill to try to save him after the shooting.

“I am also very disturbed about what I don’t see next in the body-worn camera footage,” Ginther explained. “From what we can see, none of the officers initially at the scene provide medical assistance to Mr. Hill. No compression on the wounds to stop the bleeding. No attempts at CPR. Not even a hand on the shoulder and an encouraging word that medics were en route.”

U.S. Attorney David DeVillers announced that the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation will investigate the incident.

"The mayor requested that the U.S. Attorney's Office review the investigation for possible federal civil rights violations, and after consulting with Ohio Attorney General [Dave] Yost, I agreed that my office will review the case as requested...,” DeVillers said in a statement Wednesday.

“This office will then consult with the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office on how to proceed at the conclusion of our review.”

As more information about the case comes to light, so have details about Coy's past. ABC-6 uncovered that throughout his career, Coy has received awards and praises as well as "dozens of complaints." A chunk of the complaints included reports of Coy's "rude or discourteous language or actions."