Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich announced that the shooting death of 18-year-old Ryan Hinton by a Cincinnati police officer on May 1 would not be sent to the grand jury, and there would be no criminal charges filed against the officer. Pillich said the Cincinnati police officer used justified and legal force in the shooting.
According to Cincinnati Police reports, police found Ryan Hinton and three others shortly before 10 a.m. on May 1 in a 2021 Kia Telluride SUV that was reported stolen out of Edgewood, Kentucky. The GPS in this stolen Kia helped officers locate the car and the suspects in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Warsaw Avenue in East Price Hill.
All four suspects bailed from the stolen vehicle and started running from police, some in different directions, according to Police Chief Teresa A. Theetge.
The video showed that Hinton fell while running and what appeared to be a gun in his hand touched the ground. According to the prosecutor, Hinton then picked up the gun, got back on his feet, and continued running as he neared a set of dumpsters…