A Franklin County grand jury has declined to indict the Columbus police officer in the fatal shooting of Ma鈥橩hia Bryant last year.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation had led an independent probe into the deadly incident.
Bryant was shot on April 20, 2021 by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon as she swung a knife at a young woman in the driveway of a home on Legion Lane. Bryant was shot four times and died from those injuries.
Bryant, who was Black, was killed Reardon, who is white, seconds after he arrived on the scene of a disturbance call at a southeast Columbus foster home where Bryant lived. Reardon shot Bryant as she lunged at a woman with a knife.
Some of Bryant's neighbors and activists have said after arriving on the scene, while others have said Reardon was
The Ohio Attorney General鈥檚 Office has published the
Franklin County prosecutor Gary Tyack didn't handle the case because of a potential conflict of interest. Bryant was living in a foster home at the time, and Tyack鈥檚 office is legal counsel for Franklin County Child Services.
