Cincinnati (AP) – A man who struck and killed a county deputy with his car on Friday is the father of a teenager who was shot by a cincinnati policeman one day earlier, police announced. The authorities said the crash seemed to be intentional.
The driver of the car, Rodney Hinton Jr., 38, was accused of aggravated murder in the death of the deputy, the police announced.
Hinton appeared in the court on Saturday, with a wall of deputies standing at the back of the room. A prosecutor said that evidence and witnesses show that Hinton led directly to the deputy to try to kill him. A judge ordered Hinton to be held to another hearing on Tuesday.
A lawyer representing Hilton told court that he had no previous crime and understands that it was a serious accusation, WLWT-TV reported.
A message asking for comments was left with a lawyer representing Hinton’s family.
Ohio Governor Mike Dewine said in a statement that he was “skimmed by what seems to be an act of intentional violence”.
Cincinnati police chief Teresa Theetge said that Hamilton County Sheriff Deputy Dire Traffic near the University of Cincinnati on the day of graduation when he was hit by a car that went in an intersection.
The authorities did not identify the deputy, who retired from the department a few months ago, but continued to work from assignments in service, said the Sheriff of the county of Hamilton Charmaine McGuffy.
“He was so appreciated and known,” said McGuffey. “What a huge loss we all suffered.”
The authorities said that the circumstances of the accident were still inquiry.
“If the facts show that this act was intentional, as the accusation suggests, I will throw away the whole force of the Act on the Aggressor,” the County Prosecutor of Hamilton said in a statement on Friday.
Hinton’s son Ryan Hinton, 18, was killed twice and killed by police on Thursday during a prosecution after the police responded to a call about a stolen car, police announced.
The officer who dismissed told investigators that the suspect had pointed out a weapon on him during the prosecution, said Cincinnati police chief.
The video of the corporal camera of the shooting published by the police on Friday showed that an officer could be heard: “He has a firearm, he has a firearm” before several shots were fired while Ryan Hinton ran behind an apartments complex.
Nothing indicates that he had shot the police before he was shot, said Theetge.
