Ohio Officer Is Charged With Murder in Shooting of Pregnant Black Woman

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A police officer in Ohio was indicted on Tuesday on murder charges in the fatal shooting last year of a pregnant Black woman in the parking lot of a supermarket. The officer, Connor Grubb, 29, faces four counts each of murder and felonious assault and two counts of involuntary manslaughter, Franklin County court records show. The charges came nearly a year after the woman, Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was shot in her car outside a Kroger supermarket in Blendon Township, Ohio, after a store worker had accused her of stealing bottles of alcohol in an episode that drew protests and investigations. Police body-camera footage from Aug. 24, 2023, showed two unidentified officers walk up to Ms. Young’s vehicle and tell her not to leave. Within a few moments, Ms. Young is seen in the video turning the wheel, and the car inches forward, appearing to hit a police officer. One of the officers then fired a single a shot through the windshield, striking Ms. Young, the video shows.