Posted on 11/29/2025 7:47:14 AM PST by xxqqzz
An Ohio policeman has been acquitted of murdering a pregnant woman he fatally shot in a supermarket car park.
Connor Grubb opened fire at Ta'Kiya Young as he and another officer told her to get out of a vehicle on suspicion of shoplifting alcohol on 24 August 2023.
Bodycam video shows her car rolling slowly towards Mr Grubb outside the Kroger store in a suburb of Columbus. In footage, she could be heard asking: "Are you going to shoot me?"
The jury unanimously found him not guilty of two counts of murder, two charges of felonious assault, and two counts involuntary manslaughter. Ms Young, 21, was around 25 weeks pregnant. Her unborn daughter also died.
Mr Grubb declined to testify at the trial, which featured 17 witnesses, the Columbus Dispatch reported.
Sean Walton, a lawyer representing the Young family, called the verdict "an American tragedy", the Associated Press reported.
Bodycam video of the incident showed police approaching Ms Young in her car, on suspicion she had shoplifted from a Kroger grocery store.
The video shows two officers speaking with Ms Young.
In the video, her vehicle appears to drive toward an officer who then fires as he commands her to exit the car.
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21 yrs old, 2 kids and another on the way with no apparent husband listed. Wow.
Shoplifting liquor while 8 month pregnant and apparently not complying with police instructions.
The “American tragedy” is that all the Ta’Kiyas in the country think they can disobey simple lawful orders from police officers.
She was killed for trying to run over police officers in her Lexus (parked without license plates in a handicapped spot).
Ta’Kiya Young, 21, left behind a 6-y/o and 3-y/o child.
Wow is right. I would have expected at least four kids and another in the oven.
Here’s a tip: Don’t shoplift.
And another: comply with police commands.
And another: don’t aim your car at a policeman holding you at gunpoint.
Spread the word throughout the ‘hood, and lives could be saved. But that would presume more than a double digit IQ and a willingness not to break the law.
Perpetually offended, never embarrassed, and eternally entitled. Fatigue grows daily.
Good shoot.
Another one who should have watched that Chris Rock video.
Biden voter
“Biden voter”
Past, present or future?
She can still vote for Democrats.
I don’t like this shoot. He stood in front of the car, the car was going about 2 miles an hour, he could have easily stepped out of the way, which he did just after he shot her.
Years ago, it was posted on here where a similar woman had shoplifted from a Walmart or Target even though she had been trespassed from there and wasn’t allowed back. A policeman was at her car door and she took off with him partially through her window and he shot her dead. Someone posted on here that maybe he should have fired a warning shot - just wow. If a policeman is in fear for his safety or life, the criminal takes full responsibility for the outcome.
The American Taxpayer is her husband.
Not good at all.
“Ta’Kiya Young, 21, left behind a 6-y/o and 3-y/o child.”
Which means that she got pregnant at 14, and again at 17. Both kids have been supported by the taxpayer every day of their lives, no doubt. And Ta’Kiya still had money for hair, nails, a Lexus and a snooty attitude.
It’s time to derail the gravy train, for good.
He took out the trash. Good riddance.
Glad he walks free (quite surprised, really).
She wasn’t stopped so she just as easily could have gunned her car forward with him having not enough time to stop her. She was moving towards him with her car in the commission of an alleged crime. We cannot be armchair quarterbacks in this society especially against those who put themselves in harms way daily to keep us safe.
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