A Cincinnati sheriff’s deputy was fatally struck by a car driven by the father of an armed 18-year-old man who was shot and killed by police a day earlier, authorities say.
The driver “in a way that was calculated and premeditated lined up his car, deliberately accelerated his car and purposely caused the death of an on-duty deputy sheriff,” prosecuting attorney Ryan Nelson said Saturday morning at the father’s arraignment.
“It appeared from everybody who was on the scene that he deliberately struck the deputy in an attempt to kill him,” Nelson said.
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Prosecutors are seeking an indictment for aggravated murder, Nelson said.
Authorities have not said whether the suspect had any connection to the deputy.
The defendant, Rodney Hinton Jr., 38, is the father of a man who was fatally shot by Cincinnati police on Thursday morning, Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said. On Friday night, police identified the 18-year-old as Ryan Hinton, according to CNN affiliate WCPO.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/us/ohio-rodney-hinton-jr-arrest-hnk
The driver “in a way that was calculated and premeditated lined up his car, deliberately accelerated his car and purposely caused the death of an on-duty deputy sheriff,” prosecuting attorney Ryan Nelson said Saturday morning at the father’s arraignment.
“It appeared from everybody who was on the scene that he deliberately struck the deputy in an attempt to kill him,” Nelson said.

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Prosecutors are seeking an indictment for aggravated murder, Nelson said.
Authorities have not said whether the suspect had any connection to the deputy.
The defendant, Rodney Hinton Jr., 38, is the father of a man who was fatally shot by Cincinnati police on Thursday morning, Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said. On Friday night, police identified the 18-year-old as Ryan Hinton, according to CNN affiliate WCPO.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/us/ohio-rodney-hinton-jr-arrest-hnk