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Ohio Jury Acquits Officer Connor Grubb of All Charges in Ta’Kiya Young’s Killing

Jurors weighed body-camera footage against use-of-force standards to reach the not-guilty verdict.

Overview

  • A Franklin County jury found Grubb not guilty of murder, involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the 2023 shooting outside a Kroger in Blendon Township.
  • Body-camera video showed Grubb firing one shot through Young’s windshield as her car rolled forward; his written statement said the vehicle struck his legs and lifted him.
  • Prosecutors cited department guidance to move out of an approaching vehicle’s path rather than shoot and highlighted Sgt. Erick Moynihan’s testimony that he did not expect a gunshot.
  • Earlier this week, the judge dismissed four counts related to the unborn child after ruling prosecutors had not shown Grubb knew Young was pregnant.
  • Young’s family vowed to press their federal civil suit alleging training and supervision failures, and noted that a conviction could have carried a potential life sentence.