{"id":2324345,"date":"2024-08-14T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-police-officer-charged-with-murder-for-shooting-woman-as-she-accelerated-car-into-him\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T11:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T15:37:33","slug":"ohio-police-officer-charged-with-murder-for-shooting-woman-as-she-accelerated-car-into-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-police-officer-charged-with-murder-for-shooting-woman-as-she-accelerated-car-into-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Police Officer Charged With Murder for Shooting Woman as She Accelerated Car Into Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fohio-police-officer-charged-with-murder-for-shooting-woman-as-she-accelerated-car-into-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2324345&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An Ohio police officer, Connor Grubb, has been indicted on multiple charges including murder after the fatal shooting \u200bof 21-year-old Ta\u2019Kiya Young, who \u200dwas pregnant,\u2064 during \u2063an incident in August 2023.\u200d The police were responding to a shoplifting complaint when Young, refusing to exit her\u2063 vehicle, rolled it towards Grubb. Bodycam \u2062footage shows her resisting\u200d commands to leave\u200c her car, and when she drove towards\u200b the officer, he fired a shot,\u2063 hitting her. Blendon\u200c Township Police Chief John Belford \u200cstated that Grubb acted out of perceived\u200c threat, but \u2062Young\u2019s \u2064family has criticized the officer&#8217;s\u200d actions as escalating the\u2062 situation unnecessarily. The victim\u2019s grandmother emphasized issues of race, commenting on the implications of an unarmed Black woman \u2064being killed. Attorney Sean Walton, representing the family, holds Grubb accountable for \u200bthe incident, asserting that better de-escalation could have\u200c prevented Young&#8217;s death.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>An Ohio police officer has been indicted on a murder charge after a woman who refused police commands to exit her vehicle was shot dead as she rolled her car into the officer.<\/p>\n<p>Ta&rsquo;Kiya Young, 21, who was pregnant, was killed in the August 2023 incident after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-lightfoot-prosecutor-go-at-it-over-not-prosecuting-gang-members-in-deadly-shooting\/\" title=\"Mayor Lightfoot, Prosecutor Go At It Over Not Prosecuting Gang Members In Deadly Shooting\">police sought<\/a> to detain Young in response to a shoplifting complaint, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/ohio-officer-accused-fatally-shooting-pregnant-woman-indicted-murder-c-rcna166406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-police-officer-charged-homicide-3-years-shooting-man-suspected-carjacking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged<\/a> with four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and two counts of involuntary manslaughter, according to online records filed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Bodycam video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1823479275250438595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a> &nbsp;shows police interacting with Young as she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-officer-charged-shooting-woman-attacked-taser-struggle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused to comply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Out of the car,&rdquo; an officer said repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Ohio officer charged with murder in shooting of pregnant woman during shoplifting call <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/boTtaoulLc\">pic.twitter.com\/boTtaoulLc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1823479275250438595?\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For what?&rdquo; Young said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They said you stole stuff. Do not leave,&rdquo; the officer said.<\/p>\n<p>As the officer tells Young to get out of her car, she said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not doing that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The video shows an officer&rsquo;s hand still in the open window as the car moves away.<\/p>\n<p>Video showed a second officer, Grubb, who stood in front of Young&rsquo;s car, put his hand on the hood and pointed his gun at Young.<\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-minneapolis-police-officers-charged-george-floyd-case-want-separate-trial-derek-chauvin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confrontation<\/a>, Young told police &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t steal s***,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/bodycam-footage-shows-moments-pregnant-womans-fatal-shooting-ohio-poli-rcna102982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After more commands to get out of the car, Young refused, adding, &ldquo;You gonna shoot me?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fraud-alert-analysis-of-3000-counties-reveals-joe-biden-received-5-6-more-votes-in-counties-using-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"FRAUD ALERT: Analysis of 3,000 Counties Reveals Joe Biden Received 5.6% More Votes in Counties Using Dominion Voting Machines\">video posted<\/a> to X shows the car moving, followed by one shot.<\/p>\n<p>Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford said that Young drove her car directly into an officer who &ldquo;fired a single shot through the windshield,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/ohio-officer-accused-fatally-shooting-pregnant-woman-indicted-murder-c-rcna166406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Belford said Grubb was a victim of attempted vehicular assault and that the officer who had to pull his hand from the open window was a victim of misdemeanor assault.<\/p>\n<p>Nadine Young, &nbsp;the victim&rsquo;s grandmother, boiled the issue down to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sickening-kentucky-school-asks-5th-grade-students-complete-racial-injustice-assignment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sgt-john-mattingly-the-cop-wounded-in-breonna-taylor-shooting-tells-his-story\/\" title=\"Sgt. John Mattingly, The Cop Wounded In Breonna Taylor Shooting, Tells His Story\">unarmed black female<\/a> was killed. That&rsquo;s what we know,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Young called Grubb &ldquo;a bully with a badge&rdquo; and wants him locked up for life.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Walton, an attorney representing Young&rsquo;s family, said Grubb is to blame for not de-escalating the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everything he did escalated that situation, and that&rsquo;s why Ta&rsquo;Kiya was murdered,&rdquo; Walton said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The incident involving 21-year-old Ta\u2019Kiya Young occurred in August 2023 when officers attempted to detain her due to a shoplifting report, as reported by NBC. Officer Connor Grubb of Blendon Township faces four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault, and two counts of involuntary manslaughter, according to records filed online on Tuesday. Bodycam footage shared on X shows the interaction between police and Young as she refused their commands. \u201cGet out of the car,\u201d an officer repeatedly instructed her.<\/p>\n<p>Young responded, \u201cFor what?\u201d while the officer insisted she should not leave. As she remained in her car, she stated, \u201cI\u2019m not doing that.\u201d The video captures an officer&#8217;s hand still inside the open window as Young&#8217;s vehicle began to move away. Another officer, Grubb, positioned himself in front of Young\u2019s car and pointed his gun at her after placing his hand on the hood.<\/p>\n<p>During this confrontation, Young asserted that she hadn\u2019t stolen anything. After further demands for her to exit the vehicle were ignored\u2014during which she questioned if they would shoot her\u2014the footage shows her car moving before a single shot was fired. Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford indicated that Young drove directly toward an officer who then discharged his weapon through the windshield.<\/p>\n<p>Belford described Grubb as a victim of attempted vehicular assault and noted that another officer had been subjected to misdemeanor assault when he had to withdraw his hand from the window. Nadine Young, Ta\u2019Kiya\u2019s grandmother, emphasized racial issues surrounding the case: \u201cAn unarmed black female was killed\u2014that\u2019s what we know.\u201d She labeled Grubb as &#8220;a bully with a badge&#8221; and called for him to be imprisoned for life.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Walton, representing Young\u2019s family legally criticized Grubb for failing to de-escalate tensions during the encounter: \u201cEverything he did escalated that situation; that&#8217;s why Ta\u2019Kiya was murdered.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2324346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ohio-pd.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38112,4333,33339],"class_list":["post-2324345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-charged-with-murder","tag-ohio","tag-police-officer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ohio-pd.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}