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An Ohio police officer accused of fatally shooting a pregnant woman has been indicted on murder charges, according to court documents. After repeatedly being asked to get out of her vehicle by Grubb and another officer, Young slowly accelerated her car toward an officer, who police said was struck. Ta'Kiya Young. The officer standing in front of Young’s car is then seen pointing his gun toward her. Attorney Sean Walton and Ta’Kiya Young's grandmother Nadine Young react after an Ohio police officer was indicted on charges including murder in the shooting of Ta’Kiya Young on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Friday released additional bodycam and surveillance footage of the events leading up to the death of Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black mother fatally shot by police in a grocery store parking lot late last month. They have called for the officer, whose name has not been released, to be fired and charged in her death. Earlier this week, police released bodycam footage showing the officer firing the gun. The additional security footage made public on Friday shows Young and two other women walking around the liquor department of the Columbus-area store. Political Cartoons View All 1148 ImagesThe additional bodycam footage also shows police officers quickly rendering medical aid to Young after she is shot.

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☆ Ohio police release video of fatal shooting of pregnant Black woman
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Video of the incident in Blendon Township on Aug. 24 followed demands by the family of the 21-year-old woman, Ta'Kiya Young, for the officer who fired the fatal shot to be held accountable. "A theft suspect drove her car into one of my officers and the officer fired a single shot through the windshield," Blendon Police Chief John Belford said in a statement accompanying the release. Video made public on Friday shows an officer standing next to Young's vehicle as he repeatedly orders her to get out. A second officer comes around the front of vehicle and points a gun at the windshield, demanding that she exits. Young can be seen turning the wheels to the right, away from the officer, before the vehicle begins moving toward him.

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