COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The murder trial of an Ohio police officer continued Thursday in the 2023 shooting death of a pregnant Black mother he and another officer confronted about an accusation of shoplifting.

Connor Grubb is charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the death of Ta’Kiya Young, 21, and the unborn girl due three months later. It wasn’t clear whether Grubb would take the stand after the officer’s written statement was read into the record on Wednesday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.

Grubb and the fellow officer from the Blendon Township force had approached Young’s car on Aug. 24, 2023, about a report she was suspected of stealing alcohol from a grocery store in suburban Columbus. She partially lowered her window, and the other officer ord

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