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Wife said he tried to buy a ticket with fake ID, and came out to car being towed. Then proceeded to try and attack police officers multiple times with a knife and was shot.

 

Supposedly had other knives on him or in car, etc.

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Haven't watched the news but this is the email we got at work..... Also heard he had containers of urine in his car? I havent talked to the officers yet.

 

On January 7, 2015, at approximately 12:45 pm, police with Port Columbus International Airport (CMH) observed a suspicious vehicle parked in a restricted area outside the airport terminal. At about the same time, officers were alerted to a man who attempted to purchase a plane ticket with identification belonging to a female. Airline personnel became suspicious, refused to sell him a ticket, and alerted Port Columbus police.

An officer approached the suspect who had returned to the suspicious vehicle outside the terminal. The man initially spoke with the officer then suddenly produced a knife and lunged at the officer, attempting to stab him. The officer fired at the suspect, who momentarily dropped to the ground and then got back up and continued advancing towards the officer. A backup officer responded at which point the suspect quickly moved towards him with the knife forcing the officer to retreat backwards towards the terminal entrance where a third officer was positioned. The third officer shot multiple times, striking the suspect, ending the attack.

Officers approached the suspect to assess his injuries and discovered additional knives in his possession. Medical personnel arrived and pronounced the suspect dead on the scene.

The officers also discovered items on the suspect which prompted them to contact the Columbus Fire Bomb Squad, which also searched the suspect’s vehicle. Suspicious items were removed from the scene.

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Guy was convicted of attempted murder among other things in 1999, found NG due to insanity. 2 years in mental institution, then 11 years in mental halfway house (how it was described to me), released in 2012, last known address was in Hilliard.

 

Seems legit.

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Guy was convicted of attempted murder among other things in 1999, found NG due to insanity. 2 years in mental institution, then 11 years in mental halfway house (how it was described to me), released in 2012, last known address was in Hilliard.

 

Seems legit.

 

No no no, I know who you're thinking of and he moved. They must be mistaken.

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  • 4 months later...

PRESS RELEASE

May 29, 2015

 

Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien provided the following statement regarding the shooting death of Hashim Abdul-Rasheed where Columbus Regional Airport Authority Officers Hussein Hartman and Ryan Ward discharged their handguns. On January 7, 2015, Columbus Regional Airport Authority officers were alerted to a suspicious vehicle on the north pad parking area. At the same time, a suspicious male (Abdul-Rasheed) approached the Southwest Airlines ticket counter to purchase an airline ticket using an identification card belonging to a female. He asked about getting a ticket to Florida and then Cleveland, ultimately asking where he could fly for $100.00. He walked away without purchasing a ticket and headed to the suspicious vehicle where he was approached by Officer Hartman. After a brief conversation, Abdul-Rasheed charged at Officer Hartman with a knife in hand and tried to attack him. Officer Hartman backed away and shouted commands but Abdul-Rasheed charged him landing on top of the officer on the hood of a vehicle. Officer Hartman was able to fire three rounds which had no effect. Abdul-Rasheed continued to advance and close in on the officer. Officer Harper arrived and tried to strike him with a baton which had no effect. Officer Hartman backed away and tried to deploy his taser which did not discharge. Finally, Detective Ryan Ward, who had seen the confrontation on his video monitor, arrived and fired his weapon three times, striking Abdul-Rasheed. A knife was recovered near Abdul-Rasheed’s hand and three additional knives were found in his waistband. The Columbus Fire Department Bomb Squad responded to investigate and clear the area in light of the items in Abdul-Rasheed’s vehicle. Abdul-Rasheed sustained fatal gunshot wounds to the chest.

 

Since 1980 the Prosecutor’s Office has presented to the Grand Jury cases involving the death of citizens caused by on duty law enforcement officers. The purpose of that policy has been to assure that where a law enforcement officer causes the death of a citizen during the performance of their duties that there is a review of those circumstances by an independent body of citizens. Through that independent review the public is assured that it is not just law enforcement officers investigating law enforcement officers who make a judgment on charges; or prosecutors who work regularly with the law enforcement officers making the final decision. Grand Jurors are selected and serve in the same manner as petit jurors that hear and decide cases every day in Ohio and Franklin County courts.

 

Testimony or evidence before a grand jury is secret by law as well as the discussions, deliberations, or vote of grand jurors in a particular case. However, the law does permit a prosecutor to state that a particular incident has been investigated by the grand jury, and whether as a result thereof that an indictment has or has not been filed.

 

On May 29, 2015 beginning at 1:00 p.m. the Franklin County Grand Jury reviewed the January 7, 2015 shooting death of Hashim Abdul-Rasheed where on-duty Officers Hartman and Ward discharged their handguns. The Grand Jury has concluded their business for this day and an indictment has not been filed with the Clerk of Courts office regarding this incident.

 

A grand jury only inquires into whether or not a crime has been committed and in this incident whether any degree of unlawful criminal homicide occurred.

 

Issues of civil liability or police directives on use of deadly force are addressed by other officials and in other venues under different legal procedures and burdens of proof.

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