Posted on 05/03/2025 8:58:39 AM PDT by Fish Speaker
CINCINNATI — The man who ran his car into a Hamilton County sheriff's deputy working a traffic detail near the University of Cincinnati, killing him, was the father of a man shot and killed by a Cincinnati police officer one day prior, Chief Teresa Theetge said during a press conference Friday evening.
Cincinnati police said 38-year-old Rodney Hinton Jr. was arrested for aggravated murder following the deputy's death. Hinton is the father of 18-year-old Ryan Hinton, who an officer shot and killed Thursday morning during a pursuit involving a stolen vehicle.
Rodney Hinton Jr. appeared in court Saturday morning, with dozens of deputies packing the room to show support for their former colleague. Hinton is being held in Clinton County jail without bail until his next hearing on Tuesday.
Theetge said the deputy, who has not been named at this time, was just "doing his job" while directing traffic outside UC's commencement at around 1 p.m. when Hinton hit him with their vehicle.
During an earlier press conference Friday, Theetge said an officer shot and killed 18-year-old Ryan Hinton who jumped out of a stolen vehicle Thursday morning. Officers from CPD's Fugitive Apprehension Squad, along with other uniformed officers, approached a stolen vehicle at an apartment in East Price Hill when four men jumped from the car and ran.
Video and still images from officer body camera footage show Ryan Hinton appeared to fall on the concrete before he continued to run. Theetge said officers said they saw him carrying a gun and heard the gun hit the ground when he fell. That cannot be seen or heard in the body camera footage.
The man ran through two nearby dumpsters, where an officer was already on the other side with a gun drawn. Theetge said another officer at the scene told the officer behind the dumpsters that Ryan Hinton is armed. Video shows Hinton attempting to run away from the officer, but the officer can be heard saying "gun" before multiple gunshots ring out. He was later pronounced dead.
Police retrieved a gun with an extended magazine attached near where Ryan Hinton was shot and a magazine was found in his sweatshirt pocket. However, Theetge said there is no evidence the 18-year-old fired his gun at all.
CPD's Homicide Unit is investigating both Ryan Hinton's death and the deputy's death. Anyone with information on the deputy's death is asked to call 513-352-3542.
Theetge asked for community members to "let the investigations play out."
"This community ... our city and our county, has had two critical incidents in two days," said Theetge. "I do have a plea to everybody: Let the processes play out, let the investigations play out. Keep calm, take care of one another and I can assure you as the chief of police for Cincinnati, I will assure you of transparency and a thorough and accurate investigation."
Former Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police President Dan Hils said the situation was clear in his eyes: murder.
"There isn't enough circumstantial, or chance, to be anything else," he said.
Hils said it was hard to stay professional while talking about the case as he works similar jobs post-retirement that the deputy was doing when he was hit and killed.
"I think every police official within 100 miles should make sure that the local prosecutor knows that this should be a death penalty case," he said.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich issued a statement about the deputy's death Friday evening:
"We are heartbroken by the loss of a member of our law enforcement community who died after being struck by a vehicle while he was doing his job.
Our thoughts are with the officer’s family, colleagues and all those grieving this tragic loss. We remain steadfast in our support for the men and women who risk their lives each day to protect us.
The investigation is ongoing, but if the facts show this act was intentional, as the charge suggests, I will throw the full force of the law at the perpetrator.
I implore people not to act rashly so there is not another tragedy."
“I didn’t think LEO’s had to wait to be shot at.”
I think that you get one free shot in a Northern city. If you don’t get it, your family wins the lottery, minus 30% for the lawyers, of course.
The article says the perp was running TOWARDS another officer with a gun when he was shot. Yeah, the dude was running, trying to evade police during a criminal act; he refused to stop and drop his weapon; he was running-with that weapon- TOWARDS other officers who were trying to subdue him and was shot because of his actions.
The felon could have, at any time, unholstered the weapon and begun shooting at his pursuers.
It is not incumbent upon the police to wait until the perpetrator actually begins firing his weapon.
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You don’t understand the situation. The felon’s pistol was in his hand as he ran.
Then you left out the all-important step, the felon POINTING his firearm at a cop. THAT would be a threat, but this felon never did that. The cops had the advantage that they could continuously point their firearms at the felon. Only if the felon raised his pistol to point it at them could his actions be considered a threat.
It’s a split-second decision which this officer was not qualified to make.
Oh, for God's sake...
Yes, this article would have gotten an ‘F’ in a ninth-grade composition class back when school were actually teaching.
I love the way you put it. 😄
Depends on the state you live in.
What idiot wrote that hradline. I need an ibuprofen.
I’m thinkin this guy wrote the article
Picture day means wiping the Bavarian cream off your mouth. Or is that pudding? I can’t tell
They will give him a manslaughter charge due to mitigating circumstances or mental duress. Or a lesser murder charge not subject to total life sentence. Not saying it is right, just stating reality!
Oh, don’t kid yourself. I know you are serious. I’m just damn glad you don’t make our laws.
They will give him a manslaughter charge due to mitigating circumstances or mental duress. Or a lesser murder charge not subject to total life sentence. Not saying it is right, just stating reality!
That’s not how the law works. If you are committing a felony and have a weapon, the police can AND WILL assume you intend to use that weapon and will act accordingly. It would be stupid for them to assume otherwise.
Did Kamala Harris write that headline?
LOL! I agree!
Drunk monkeys can do a better job than TV news journalists.
Intentionally arming yourself in order to run from police is not a threat.
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Rodney Hinton Jr. would tell you otherwise. If he had not intentionally armed himself before fleeing from the police which naturally resulted in his death.
I wish the Secret Service knew this as they indeed had armed snipers watching Crooks through their scopes for two minutes as he aimed and fired on President Trump.
And only after Crooks fired, did these agents return fire.
I'm going to have to disagree with your assessment.
From your source:
Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985), is a civil case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that, under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, the officer may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others."
It was found that the use of deadly force to prevent escape is an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment, in the absence of probable cause that the fleeing suspect posed a physical danger.: 563–7 Legal scholars have expressed support for this decision stating that the decision had "a strong effect on police behavior" and specifically that it can "influence police use of deadly force."
Ryan Hinton was not only a co-conspirator in a car theft, but was fleeing while armed.
While he may not have posed an immediate danger to the pursuing officers, he was armed and did pose a serious threat to them or others.
If I were sitting on a jury hearing this case, I would find in favor of the officers for the reason that an armed fleeing suspect could have opened fire at any time on the officers that could have seriously injured or killed them, not to mention that if he did fire on the officers and missed, those shots could have reasonably injured or killed innocent bystanders.
Oh, for God's sake...
I'm sick of it too.
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