Ohio father charged with killing sheriff deputy found guilty

An Ohio father accused of mowing down a deputy with his car hours after he viewed body camera video of a Cincinnati police officer fatally shooting his son was found guilty Friday of charges including murder.

The jury began deliberating Wednesday morning following days of testimony in Rodney L. Hinton’s murder trial, NBC affiliate WLWT of Cincinnati reported.

Hinton is scheduled to be sentenced on November 16.

Just hours before the May 2025 crash that killed Hamilton County Special Deputy Larry Henderson, Hinton had been called to the police station to watch body camera video of his 18-year-old son fatally shot by a Cincinnati officer.

Police had responded to a report of a stolen vehicle at an apartment complex. Authorities said Hinton’s son, Ryan Hinton, was among a group of people in the allegedly stolen car, and some of them ran when officers approached.

Two officers pursued Ryan Hinton, who police said was armed, and another person.

In video released by police, an officer exits his vehicle and points his gun at Ryan Hinton, who appears to be running away. The officer fired at least four shots, police said at a news conference last year. In another video, an officer…

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