Death by Cop – 2023
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Corey Andrew
Case # :983
Gender : Male
Age : 24
Race : White
Date : 08/25/2023
Location : Eastview Park
City : Celina
County : Mercer
State : Ohio
Agency : Celina PD
Officer(s) :David Powell, Justin Rice
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during cannabis traffic stop
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Celina PD at 2 a.m. arrived at a park conducting an investigation into possible marijuana smell coming from a car. Police began an altercation and Andrew allegedly refused to exit his car and instead tried to drive away. He drove past an officer who fell down and hit his head. Celina PD then fired shots into the moving vehicle, killing Corey Andrew, 24, in front of his girlfriend Hannah Pawelski and their newborn baby who were fortunate not to be hit by police shooting at the vehicle. Police allege that he “drove toward police” and released partial dashcam and bodycam videos linked below. Andrew appeared to try to drive past the officer and did not make any visible turns to try to hit him. Police later claimed that he tried to run the officer over. This is not seen on video and he appeared to try to drive away, did not touch the officer who is seen falling on his own. Police Chief Tom Wale stated: “So independent investigators, independent prosecutor presenting it to the grand jury to determine that the officers are justified," seemingly revealing that the anticipated outcome that this killing will be Justified by a grand jury may be predetermined. Ohio police created this incident by attempting to make a petty cannabis possession bust and ended up executing a young father who tried to drive away from the confrontation.
Source links :
https://www.dailystandard.com/archive/2023-09-09/stories/48315/police-release-bodycam