Blendon Township Police

The trial for Connor Grubb is set to begin on July 14, 2025.

Blendon Township trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to keep Grubb on paid administrative leave.

Blendon Township Police officer Connor Grubb shot 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young, 21, on Aug. 24, 2023, after he and another officer confronted Young inside her car. Young was pregnant at the time and both she and her unborn child died.

The Franklin County Prosecutor's Office told WOSU the officer who fatally shot Young was Connor Grubb. Blendon Township refused to identify Grubb, citing Marsy's Law.

Young was shot and killed by Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb in August after she was accused of shoplifting from a Kroger. She was pregnant at the time and her unborn child also died.

Some Ohio police departments are interpreting a law meant to protect victims of crime to mean some police officers have privacy protections, even as they have used force while in the line of duty.

The footage appears to contradict attorney Sean Walton, who claimed a witness told him Ta'Kiya Young set down the bottles before leaving the Kroger store.

Blendon Township Police still have not confirmed the identity of the officer who shot and killed Ta'Kiya Young, citing Marsy's Law.

Police body camera footage released Friday has prompted calls for the unidentified Blendon Township Police officer to face charges.

Ta'Kiya Young's grandmother, Nadine Young, and more than a dozen others attended a Wednesday press conference with civil rights attorney Sean Walton.