Sam DuBose was killed in July of 2015.

Ohio prosecutors on Monday dismissed voluntary manslaughter and murder charges against an ex-University of Cincinnati officer who shot and killed unarmed Black motorist Sam DuBose

Ohio prosecutors said Tuesday that they will not seek a retrial for ex-University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing in the fatal shooting of Sam DuBose.

After about 30 hours of deliberations, the jury could not reach a verdict.

Unrelatedly, ex-cop Dominique Heaggan-Brown was fired from the department for an unrelated sexual assault investigation.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters told reporters that his office will request a second trial for Ray Tensing in a different county.

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Unarmed Samuel DuBose was shot by University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing during a stop for a minor traffic infraction.

Samuel DuBose, 43, was shot by a University of Cincinnati police officer in July during a stop over an alleged missing license tag.

Samuel DuBose's 18-year-old daughter was named the head of his estate Thursday ahead of a possible multimillion dollar wrongful death settlement the family may receive after their father was fatally shot by a University of Cincinnati police officer.

A trial date has been set for Ray Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer who shot Samuel DuBose during a traffic stop.

The two University of Cincinnati police officers who corroborated a false account of a fellow officer after he killed an unarmed Black motorist will not be charged, a prosecutor announced Friday. The officers, identified as David Lindenschmidt and Phillip Kidd, were the first to respond to the scene after former UC police officer Ray Tensing shot […]

Two University of Cincinnati police officers involved in a fellow officer’s alleged cover-up in the shooting death of Samuel DuBose were also entangled in the fatal shooting of another unarmed Black man in 2010. From the Huffington Post: Officers Eric Weibel and Phillip Kidd were among seven University of Cincinnati police officers and other officials […]