The Ohio police officer indicted in the fatal shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother who had been accused of shoplifting, was acquitted Friday of all the charges against him.

Connor Grubb had pleaded not guilty to murder, involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the death of the 21-year-old woman in a supermarket parking lot in suburban Columbus in August 2023. Ta’Kiya Young

Bodycam footage shows the Blendon Township officer firing a single shot into Young’s chest through the windshield of her vehicle during a confrontation.

Young, who was about six months pregnant, was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her unborn daughter also died.

Grubb, who faced up to life in prison if convicted, was found not guilty on all counts by a jury in

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