Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb has been indicted on murder charges in connection with the death of Ta’Kiya Young
An Ohio police officer who shot and killed a pregnant Black woman in August 2023 has been charged with her murder.
Ta’Kiya Young was shot in her car in a parking lot outside a supermarket in Blendon Township, Ohio, on August 24, 2023, according to reports from The New York Times, CNN and the Associated press.
News outlets, citing authorities, reported that Young was accused of shoplifting when police responded.
According to body camera footage reviewed by PEOPLE, Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb and another officer approached Young, who was sitting behind the wheel of his car. An officer told Young to exit the vehicle when the car began to advance toward Grubb, who fired shots through the car’s windshield, striking the woman.
Young died, as did her unborn daughter, the AP reported.
Nearly a year later, a grand jury indicted Grubb on charges of murder, manslaughter and felonious assault, news outlets reported, citing Montgomery prosecutor Mat Heck Jr.