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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Franklin County Coroner’s office has ruled the police shooting death of an unarmed Black man a homicide.
According to the autopsy report, 20-year-old Donovan Lewis died within minutes of being shot by Columbus Police Officer Ricky Anderson in the Hilltop neighborhood in August. A single bullet shot through Lewis’ abdomen, damaging internal organs before lodging in his pelvis.
Anderson shot Lewis after police attempted to serve an arrest warrant on him. Body camera footage showed Anderson shot Lewis, sitting on a bed, within a second of the bedroom door opening.
“My patience is running thin,” said Lewis’ mother Rebecca Duran. “I’m tired of being quiet. I’m tired of waiting for their due process because the ultimate answer is he didn’t get his.”
Anderson was placed on administrative leave after the shooting. According to his personnel record, he was fired from the Columbus Division of Police in 2004 for fraudulently taking back pay. He was reinstated after the Fraternal Order of Police disputed the firing.
The autopsy report indicates that in addition to the bullet wound, Lewis had bruising on his wrists, forearms, and right leg. Other than his injuries, he was a healthy adult, the coroner ruled.
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