Fatal shooting case focuses on body cams

COLUMBUS — Whether an officer who instructed other officers to turn off their body cameras in the aftermath of Andre Hill’s death violated policy is part of a wide-ranging investigation into Hill’s killing, a city spokesperson said Thursday.

The instruction was captured on another officer’s body camera footage and was included in several more copies of videos released by the city Thursday.

As officers begin to arrive to the scene early on the morning of Dec. 22, with Hill’s body still laying on the garage floor, an officer can be heard demanding all the other officers turn their body cameras off.

Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan has promised a full investigation into Hill’s death, including the fact that no one helped Hill afterward as he lay moaning on the garage floor.