A father whose son was allegedly killed by cops ran over a police officer less than 24 hours after he learnt about the death of his teen child in Ohio.
The twin tragedies took place in the space of a day after a teen boy was shot and killed by Cincinnati police.
The Ohio father then allegedly rammed into a retired sheriff’s deputy with his car after being shown footage of his son’s death, a family lawyer told The Post, indicating that he was aiming to run over the officer in retaliation to his son’s death.
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Prosecutors revealed that on Saturday, Rodney Hinton Jr. appeared in court to face an aggravated murder charge in the death of the deputy.
Two hours before the deputy was struck and killed on Friday morning, Hinton Jr., 38, had gone with family members to meet with Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa A. Theetge to witness police body cam footage of how his son, Ryan, died.
On Thursday, Ryan Hinton and three others were accused of stealing a car in the East Price Hill section of Cincinnati when cops approached the stolen vehicle, which the owner had outfitted with a tracking device, per reports.
Footage showed that the teens immediately began to run, yet cops believed 18-year-old Ryan Hinton was armed and opened fire, fatally shooting him, Michael Wright, Hinton family attorney, told The Post.
“The father left the room before he even saw the end of the video,” Wright told The Post. “He was very upset, very distraught. Watching your son being killed… I can’t imagine that pain.”
The cop whose gunshot killed the son of the Ohio father said Ryan Hinton had pointed the weapon at him, and it was why he made that action.
Ryan was shot twice in the chest and arm, Theetge said at a news conference. She revealed that the weapon was loaded but there was no indication he shot at police.
The cop who shot Hinton Jr. is reportedly on paid administrative leave for a week while the department looks into the incident, Wright said.
Wright was a close friend of civil rights attorney Ben Crump and said the Hinton family hired him to investigate the shooting after the family viewed only a short part of the video from the incident.
The deceased retired deputy sheriff, had retired in December, yet returned for a gig directing traffic near the University of Cincinnati campus during graduation ceremonies when Rodney Hinton Jr. struck and killed him, said Cincinnati police to local media.
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On Saturday, other deputies crowded the courtroom Saturday in support of their fallen colleague, and Judge Tyrone Yates set no bond for Rodney Hinton Jr., expected to be in court on Tuesday.
