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Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters didn’t mince words this afternoon when announcing the murder indictment of a University of Cincinnati police officer for the July 19 officer-involved shooting of Samuel Dubose.
“He should have never been a police officer,” Deters said, referring to Ray Tensing’s actions as “the purposeful killing of another person” and saying that such an act of violence “just doesn’t happen in the United States.”
Deters said Tensing “pulled out his gun and intentionally shot him in the head.”
“He wasn’t dealing with somebody wanted with murder,” Deters said. “He was dealing with somebody who didn’t have a front license plate. This is, in the vernacular, a pretty chicken-crap stop. I could use harsher words, but nonetheless, if he was starting to roll away just seriously let him go. I mean, you don’t have to shoot him in the head and that’s what happened.”
>>Scroll down to see bodycam footage of the incident.
If convicted, Tensing faces life in prison, he said.
University of Cincinnati earlier today canceled all classes starting at 11 a.m. today at its uptown and medical campuses.
"This decision is made with an abundance of caution in anticipation of today's announcement of the Hamilton County grand jury's decision regarding the shooting and the release of the officer's body camera video," reads a statement posted on the university's website. "We realize this is a challenging time for our university community."
After the incident, Tensing stated he fired one shot at Dubose while being drug by Dubose ‘s car when the man tried to flee the scene. That shot struck Dubose in the head.
Tensing’s attorney, Stew Mathews , said he would not be surprised if a grand jury returned an indictment against his client. Mathews said he has viewed the body camera footage.
