Ohio Officer Found Not Guilty of Murdering Pregnant Woman

Ohio Officer Found Not Guilty of Murdering Pregnant Woman
An officer fatally shoots a woman in the parking lot of a grocery store in Blendon Township, Ohio on Aug. 24, 2023, after she refused to exit her car and instead bumped him with her vehicle. Screenshot via Reuters
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An Ohio jury found a police officer not guilty of murder on Friday in the 2023 fatal shooting of a pregnant woman suspected of shoplifting from a grocery store, attorneys in the case and court records said.

Connor Grubb, an officer with the Blendon Township Police Department, was also cleared of involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault charges in the death of Ta’Kiya Young, Grubb’s attorney Mark Collins said.