COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jurors at the murder trial of an Ohio officer charged in the death of a pregnant Black mother who had been accused of shoplifting were asked Wednesday to focus on answering one question: Was it “reasonable” for him to fatally shoot her?

A prosecutor said in closing that 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young wasn’t a threat to Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb when he shot her in a supermarket parking lot. Rather, she was trying to get away.

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