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Columbus police charged Carley Dials, 29, after police say her 3-year-old son accessed an unsecured handgun inside a Southeast Side residence and shot himself. The boy died.

Police shot and killed Noel Hernandez, 35, in June 2024 after police said they charged him with an edged weapon.

A Franklin County jury found former Columbus police officer Adam Coy guilty of murder, reckless homicide and felonious assault in November in the 2020 shooting death of Andre Hill.

Former Columbus police officer Nicholas P. Duty was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in January.

The police union said it will take the case to arbitration, saying Spencer Badger's firing is "excessive punishment."

ATF agent James Burk sued the city after he said Columbus police tased and handcuffed him while he was trying to confiscate a gun at a city residence.

Former Columbus police officer Nicholas P. Duty faces up to four years in prison.

John Castillo pleaded guilty to a drug charge and was sentenced to close to four years in prison.

Police were called twice Monday night to a Chittenden Avenue address on reports of a person with a weapon before shooting and killing the man in an alley Tuesday morning.

The Columbus police union president said three officers were stabbed.