Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb will resign from his job with the police department.
Brian Steel, president of Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9, said that Grubb is resigning.
Media reports said Grubb will reportedly be paid $150,000 by the township to cover lost benefits and potential back pay.
His resignation comes after he returned to his job in January after he was acquitted by a jury in November on charges of murder, felonious assault and involuntary manslaughter in the 2023 shooting death of 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young in a Kroger store parking lot.
During the trial, the jury wasn’t asked to determine whether or not Grubb killed Young, but whether his actions as a police officer were justified and reasonable.
Defense attorneys for Grubb argued he was justified because Young tried to drive her car away after she was accused of shoplifting. The defense argued Young’s car struck Grubb before he fired one shot, killing Young and her unborn child.
Young was about seven months pregnant when Grubb shot her. Young was the mother of two young boys.
Grubb, who was hired by the Blendon Township Police Department in 2019, was originally charged with murder and felonious assault for killing Young’s unborn child. A judge dismissed those charges after no evidence was presented at the trial that Grubb knew Young was pregnant.
At the time of Grubb's reinstatement, Blendon Township Trustee April Zobel said she understood the community is "hurting and divided" and that no outcome for Grubb would satisfy everyone.
She called the decision to put Grubb back on active duty "difficult" but said experts assured it was the "right outcome."
