{
  "id": 5408993,
  "title": "Former Columbus officer pleads guilty to reckless homicide in Black man’s 2022 death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/former-columbus-officer-pleads-guilty-to-reckless-homicide-in-black",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T20:23:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "slug": "associated-press",
    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/columbus-officer-shooting-anderson-lewis-b9e30a29d0b249cce61ea71f712865e2"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A former police officer in Ohio, Ricky Anderson, has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in the 2022 death of a Black man, Donovan Lewis, according to prosecutors. Anderson, who was a K-9 officer with the Columbus Police Department, entered an Alford plea, admitting there was sufficient evidence for a conviction without admitting guilt. In return for his guilty plea, the state dropped a murder charge, as reported by the Franklin County prosecuting attorney.\n\nOn August 2022, officers were called to Lewis' apartment around 2 a.m. to arrest him on multiple warrants, including domestic violence, assault, and felony improper handling of a firearm. Anderson's attorneys claimed that trial evidence would demonstrate he acted within the bounds of self-defense. Lewis' family has a pending civil lawsuit against the former officer, alleging that bodycam footage shows Anderson fired within a second of entering the bedroom where Lewis was sleeping.\n\nThe U.S. Justice Department reviewed Columbus Police Department practices in 2021, following a series of fatal police shootings of Black individuals and the city's response to 2020 racial injustice protests. Anderson is set to be sentenced at a later date, with possible penalties ranging from probation to up to three years in prison, as per defense attorney Mark Collins.",
  "summary": "COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former police officer in Ohio who fatally shot a Black man lying in bed pleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless homicide, the lesser of two charges he faced after the shooting…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}