CINCINNATI — Two University of Cincinnati police officers who were at the scene just after a fellow officer fatally shot a driver are not being charged, a prosecutor said Friday.
The Hamilton County grand jury did not return indictments against Phillip Kidd and David Lindenschmidt. The announcement came a day after former officer Ray Tensing pleaded innocent to murder and voluntary manslaughter in the July 19 shooting of Samuel DuBose.
Kidd and Lindenschmidt were put on administrative leave this week during a university investigation.
A police report and body camera video from the two officers showed they were on the scene just after the shooting. Footage showed Tensing getting up from the ground after DuBose had been shot.
Tensing’s attorney has said Tensing fired at DuBose because he thought he was going to be dragged under the motorist’s car.
Kidd can be heard on body camera video saying “yes” to another officer’s question on whether he saw Tensing dragged. Prosecutors have said Tensing was not dragged, and Tensing’s own body camera video doesn’t show any dragging.
County Prosecutor Joe Deters said Kidd and Lindenschmidt arrived as Tensing reached into DuBose’s car. Their official statements about what happened matched what was shown on Tensing’s body camera, and neither officer said in official interviews that he saw Tensing being dragged, Deters said.