Second Ohio officer on the scene of fatal Andre Hill shooting said she 'did not observe any threat' or see him with a gun before he was killed by her colleague

A second police officer at the scene of the fatal shooting of black man Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio, last week said she 'did not observe any threats' before he was killed by her colleague. 

According to records released Tuesday, Officer Amy Detwiler didn't see 47-year-old Hill holding a gun, contrary to a mistaken claim by white cop Adam Coy who killed him.

The records provide new details into the December 22 shooting of Hill.

Bodycam footage of the fatal exchange shows Hill stepping out of an open garage door holding up a cellphone as two Columbus police officers approach him, just after 1am.

Six seconds later, Coy shoots Hill, claiming he only opened fire after believing Hill to be holding a gun. 

The city fired Coy on Monday, accusing him of incompetence and 'gross neglect of duty,' among other charges after the footage showed him failing to give aid to Hill after the shooting. 

Hill was left for six minutes without medical aid as the officers looked on.  

Officer Adam Coy (pictured right in 2003), 44, was terminated Monday afternoon from the Columbus Division just hours after the Franklin County coroner's office ruled 47-year-old Andre Hill's death (pictured left) a homicide following the December 22 shooting

Officer Amy Detwiler says she saw no threat from Hill before he was fatally shot

Hill walked toward the police officers with his cellphone in his left hand and his right hand in his pocket before he was shot after Coy mistakenly believed he had a gun

Detwiler said she saw a man - later identified as Hill - walk away from a car after arriving at the scene of the non-emergency call, according to a summary of her internal affairs interview released Tuesday. 

Coy had gotten there first. 

Detwiler didn't see any interaction between Hill and Coy, but said Coy told her Hill had walked into a next-door garage.

After the officers crossed over to the garage they saw Hill, with Detwiler telling investigators 'she felt Mr. Hill may need assistance to enter the residence,' according to her interview.

Coy asked Hill in a 'normal tone of voice' to exit the garage and Hill complied but without responding, Detwiler said.

As Hill walked out, Detwiler 'did not observe any threats from Mr. Hill,' nor did she see a gun, the internal affairs report said.

'Officer Detwiler stated Officer Coy observed a firearm and yelled, "There's a gun in his other hand, there's a gun in his other hand!"' the report said. 'Officer Detwiler heard gunfire at this moment.'

No gun was found at the scene, police said.

Reports also indicate that Police Chief Thomas Quinlan felt something was off about the shooting as soon as he arrived, saw the officers and then saw the body cam video.

Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinla has said he felt something was off about the shooting as soon as he arrived

'I have responded to many officer-involved shooting scenes and spoken with many officers following these critical incidents,' Quinlan wrote in a December 26 report. 

'There was something very distinct about the officers engagement following this critical incident that is difficult to describe for this letter.' 

He did not provide further details.

Coy's handling of the shooting 'is not a "rookie" mistake as a result of negligence or inadvertence,' Quinlan said in his recommendation that the 17-year veteran be fired. 

Quinlan added that Coy's actions were 'reckless and deliberate'.

'I feel that if that cop would have given my dad a chance he would still be here,' Hill's daughter Karissa told CBS after Coy's firing was announced. 

'I believe that he possible could have been saved if they would have went and supplied pressure and called the medics,' his sister Michelle added. 

A review of Coy's personnel file shows more than three dozen complaints have been filed against him since he joined the department in January 2002, mostly for rude or abusive language with a dozen for use of force. 

No details about the allegations are contained in the sparse summaries the city provided from the department's internal affairs bureau. 

All but a few were marked 'unfounded' or 'not sustained'.

According to The Columbus Dispatch, one involved him banging a man's head against the hood of a car during a drunk driving arrest.

The city paid the man $45,000 and Coy was suspended for 160 hours. 

Hill (pictured above), 47, walked toward the police officers with his cellphone in his left hand and his right hand in his pocket on December 22 moments before he was gunned down 

Quinlan noted that he had first raised concerns about Coy in 2008, when Quinlan was his patrol lieutenant.

'If sustained improvements are not fully realized a decision whether Officer Coy is salvageable must follow,' Quinlan said, quoting from a letter he wrote.

Coy was fired Monday hours after a hearing was held to determine his employment.

'The actions of Adam Coy do not live up to the oath of a Columbus Police officer, or the standards we, and the community, demand of our officers,' according to a statement from Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. 

'The shooting of Andre Hill is a tragedy for all who loved him in addition to the community and our Division of Police.'

Coy had the opportunity to participate in the hearing, Brian Steel, vice president of the police union, told reporters Monday. 

'He elected not to participate. I do not know why ... I would have liked to have him here, but it's his decision.'

Coy remains under criminal investigation for last week's shooting although no charges have been filed.

An investigation is also being conducted into the other officers who responded to the call that ended in Hill being shot, who Quinlan said also appear to have either failed to activate their body cameras or to render Hill aid. 

The Police Chief said any others who violated department protocols will be held accountable.

Police bodycam footage captured from the fatal exchange shows Hill stepping out of an open garage door holding up a cellphone in his left hand and his right hand in his pocket

A grab from the footage shows Hill downed moment after Coy opens fire at him 

An investigation is also being conducted into the other officers who responded to the call that ended in Hill being shot, who Quinlan said also appear to have either failed to activate their body cameras or to render Hill aid (footage from Coy's bodycam is seen above) 

Officers must activate their body cameras as soon as they are dispatched to a major incident such as a shooting, robbery or burglary, under departmental policy. 

Although Coy was dispatched on a non-emergency call, the call became an enforcement action when the officer interacted with Hill because that was separate from the original call, said police department spokesperson Sgt. James Fuqua. 

The bodycam footage shows Coy arriving at the scene and approaching a garage with an opened door where Hill, who was at a friends house, was standing inside with his back to the officers.

Mayor Andrew Ginther  said he was 'very disturbed by what he had seen', after the bodycam footage was released publicly

There is no audio because the officer hadn't activated the body camera; an automatic 'look back' feature captured the shooting without audio. 

Hill then turns around a takes four steps toward the officers, with his cellphone in his left hand and his right not visible.  

Within six seconds of Hill turning around, he is shot by Coy and falls to the ground.  

After pulling the trigger, Coy activated his body camera which then activated the microphone.

The sound starts with him yelling at Hill - who was lying motionless on the ground - ''Put your hands up to the f*****g side!' 

He then repeated himself: 'Hands up to the side now! Go onto your stomach now! '

Hill remains unmoving on the ground. The cop then screams at his colleague: 'Don't get f***** close, I can't see what's in his f***** hand!'

He then yells at Hill: 'Get your hand out from under your stomach, now!'

The cop's tone then softens, asking: 'We got a medic coming?' 

As Coy approaches Hill, who is still on the ground, he yells: 'Don't move, dude!' He then leans down, with his gun pointed at the back of Hill's head. 

The officer then curses under his breath.  

Hill lay on the garage floor for several minutes without any officer on the scene coming to his aid.

He was pronounced dead less than an hour later at a Riverside Hospital at 2:25am. 

On Monday, the coroner's  office said their preliminary investigation determined Hill died of multiple gunshot wounds. A full autopsy report is expected in 12 to 14 weeks.

Sierra Mason, a national activist with Consistency Speaks, based out of Canton, Ohio, leads protest chants during a demonstration against the police killing of Hill on Thursday

A protester lights a candle outside the home where Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was killed in Columbus on Thursday. He was fatally shot by a white police officer on December 22

Protesters on Thursday gather outside of the home where Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was killed in Columbus, Ohio, on December 22. The cop who shot him was fired on Monday

Last week, Mayor Ginther, meanwhile said he was 'very disturbed by what he had seen, after the bodycam footage was released publicly.

'From what we can see, none of the officers initially at the scene provide medical assistance to Mr Hill.

'No compression on the wounds to stop the bleeding. No attempts at CPR. Not even a hand on the shoulder and an encouraging word that medics were en route.'

Hill's family, meanwhile, have hired Ben Crump, the famed civil rights attorney who has represented the family's of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. 

Crump said in a statement last week that Hill is the 47th unarmed black man to be shot dead by cops this year. 

Reacting to the coroner's determination Monday, Crump tweeted: 'Andre Hill's death is another tragic example of the tendency of police to view Black people as criminal or dangerous, and it points to the need for comprehensive, national police reform.

'The family wants to review all the bodycam footage as soon as possible.' 

A vigil was held for Hill over the weekend, in which family and friends remembered him as a great cook with a passion for people. 

Hill, better known by loved ones as Big Daddy, was also said to be passionate about the Black Lives Matter movement and was wearing a BLM shirt on the night he was shot dead by Columbus police.

His killing follows the fatal shooting of Casey Goodson Jr. on December 4 by a white Franklin County Sheriff's deputy. 

The two back-to-back shootings have resulted in an outpour of criticism from advocates and the Black community in Columbus for wider and more comprehensive police reform.