Ohio officer indicted in fatal shooting of pregnant Black woman

Ta'Kiya Young had been suspected of shoplifting when Connor Grubb and another officer approached her car

A police officer in Ohio was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges on Tuesday for the 2023 fatal shooting of Ta'Kiya Young, a pregnant Black woman who had been suspected of shoplifting, authorities said.

Young, who was 21, had been suspected of stealing bottles of alcohol from a store last August when Connor Grubb, a Blendon township police officer, and another officer approached her car, the Associated Press reported at the time.