COLUMBUS (AP) — The fired police officer accused of killing Andre Hill has pleaded not guilty to an additional criminal charge.
Former Columbus Officer Adam Coy was arraigned Wednesday after a grand jury last week added a criminal charge of reckless homicide against him for the fatal December shooting of Hill.
Coy had been indicted in February on murder, felonious assault and dereliction of duty charges in the death of 47-year-old Hill.
Prosecutors dropped the dereliction of duty charges Wednesday.
The charges related to Coy not turning on his body camera. Coy’s attorneys successfully argued that that wasn’t required for what was then considered a non-emergency call.