After fatal police shooting, family of Ryan Hinton says he should still be alive today
Police say Hinton pointed a gun at an officer. The Cincinnati NAACP is calling for a third party investigation into the evidence.
Police say Hinton pointed a gun at an officer. The Cincinnati NAACP is calling for a third party investigation into the evidence.
Police say Hinton pointed a gun at an officer. The Cincinnati NAACP is calling for a third party investigation into the evidence.
More than one hundred people showed up in Mt. Airy Forest Saturday night, remembering the life of 18-year-old Ryan Hinton.
At the memorial, Diamonte Jackson said that he will go the rest of his life without his brother.
"I don't even know how to feel," Jackson said. "Man we was real close. That was my little brother, but real soon, he turned 바카라 게임 웹사이트 he turned to my big brother."
Ryan Hinton turned 18-years-old just twelve days before he was shot by police. On May 1, Cincinnati police were investigating a reported stolen car parked at condos in East Price Hill when four teenagers got out of it and started running.
Within six seconds, an unidentified officer fired four to five shots, hitting Hinton twice and ultimately killing him. The officer says Hinton turned to point his gun at him as he fled between two dumpsters.
"That gun should have never been shot. It's clear as day that my brother was running away, he never once looked at that police officer," Jackson said.
"The cop wasn't threatened. He was running from him. What was he threatened by?" said David Hambrick, another family member of Hinton's.
The Cincinnati NAACP has called on the city to bring in an independent third party to investigate Hinton's death.
"And if there was any opportunity where the young man could have not lost his life, you know, is that something that we can build upon to make sure that that is prevented in the future?" NAACP President David Whitehead said.
The officer who fatally shot Hinton has not been publicly identified by the Cincinnati Police Department.
Hinton's father, Rodney Hinton Jr., is currently facing charges from Pillich's office for aggravated murder in the alleged vehicular homicide of Hamilton County sheriff's deputy Larry Henderson on May 2, the day after Ryan Hinton was killed. Henderson is a 33-year veteran of the force whom prosecutors allege Hinton targeted as an act of revenge for the police killing of his son the morning before.
The elder Hinton faces either life in prison or the death penalty if found guilty of the charge.