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Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb's defense team called former Akron Police Officer and use of force expert Kevin Davis to testify. Special prosecutors called their own use of force expert, Seth Stoughton, a University of South Carolina policing and public safety professor to testify at the trial.

Judge David Young, who is not related to Ta'Kiya Young, decided to dismiss four charges related to the death of Young's unborn child. Connor Grubb is still charged in Ta'Kiya Young's death.

The final three witnesses to testify in the first week of Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb's murder trial included Grubb's partner that day, Sgt. Erik Moynihan and two expert witnesses.

Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb has not spoken publicly since he shot and killed 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young in Aug. 2023.

Defense lawyers for Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb and special prosecutors gave their opening statements Wednesday. Grubb is charged with murder after he shot and killed a pregnant woman in August 2023.

By noon, the special prosecutors from Montgomery County and defense lawyers for Blendon Township Police officer Connor Grubb got through over a dozen potential jurors. They have to sort through about 90 in the jury pool before opening arguments begin.

Columbus police released body camera video that shows an officer fatally shooting 18-year-old Ta'Shawn Davis on Sunday in the University District. Police say Davis pointed a gun at bystanders before running from officers.

TaShawn Davis died after he was shot. He was accused of robbery after allegedly pointing a gun at two people in the area.

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

Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb has been charged with murder in the Aug. 2023 shooting death of Ta'Kiya Young, 21, in a Kroger store parking lot.