18-year-old father was shot dead by Ohio police, accused of assaulting and killing a car representative

An 18-year-old father was shot dead by police in a stolen vehicle incident in Cincinnati on Thursday and was accused of hitting a deputy with his car and killing him, and the police chief said the two fatal encounters were connected.

The 38-year-old man was identified by police as NBC member WLWT plays Rodney Hinton Jr. The Cincinnati Police Department and the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office did not confirm the suspect's name and did not respond to a request for comment.

The recently retired deputy served as a special deputy near the university during graduation events and directed transportation, officials said in a press conference Friday. Officials did not confirm him on the grounds of Masi law, which protects the victim’s name from being disclosed due to privacy protections.

“He is very popular and we are known to fill the building with law enforcement agencies that respect him, love him, his friends, his family,” Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey said in the briefing. “We are very sad.”

Cincinnati Police Commissioner Teresa Theetge said the incident had a clear link to Thursday's shooting of the 18-year-old, whom she identified as Hinton's son.

The 18-year-old was fatally shot by a Cincinnati police officer who responded to a report of a car stolen at the 2500 Warsaw Avenue apartment building around 9 a.m. Thursday, according to police. WLWT says police Ryan Hinton, 18, was confirmed.

Theetge said in another news conference on Friday that the incident occurred in a parking lot at the end of a long driveway. The car was allegedly stolen from Northern Kentucky.

According to Theetge, police officers in two police cars responded to the area to arrest four people in the car. Theetge said that when the police approached, all four people started running, some of them running in different directions – prompting two officers to chase Hinton and the other.

Theetge said Hinton was armed.

Cincinnati Police Department shared body camera lenses and reviewed by NBC News An officer showed off his vehicle and pointed his gun at the 18-year-old, who appeared to be running away. According to Theetge, the officer drove at least four times The 18-year-old boy fell to the ground. It is not clear from the camera's footage whether Hinton targeted the officers.

“Get f — down,” the officer can be heard later. Theetge said she believes Ryan was hit by two bullets in the chest and arm.

Video of the second official's body cameras showed officers running towards the first officer and the 18-year-old, warning colleagues that someone was armed.

“He has a gun! He has a gun on his right! On your right!” The officer can be heard saying.

Theetge said the gun Ryan Hinton was allegedly with whom he was found from the scene after the shooting, and there was a full extended magazine. A second magazine was allegedly found in his jacket pocket.

Theetge defended the officer's shooting of Hinton, saying officers were “often forced to make split decisions to protect others and themselves from immediate threats.” The shooting is under investigation.

“Let me be very direct: We can't allow individuals to escape the officers loading guns targeting them,” she said. “When this happens, the results are almost always miserable. No one wins, and everyone involved is affected.”

Theetge said in a briefing that the officer who shot Hinton said the 18-year-old pointed at him, making him worried about his life. Theetge said Hinton did not fire, adding: “We don't want officers to wait until they are fired before they feel the need to fire.”

Theetge did not identify the officials involved in the incident, citing privacy laws, but said one of the officials joined the Cincinnati Police Department in 2014, while another officer joined in 2001.

Theetge said the whole incident lasted for six seconds.

“Six seconds,” she said, adding that officials tried to manage medical assistance to Hinton until the first responder arrived.

According to Theetge, two other suspects suspected of theft were identified as 18-year-old Jurell Austin and 19-year-old Deanthony Bullucks, who were charged with accepting stolen property and felony obstruction of official business. The third suspect is still very large.

Theetge said the car incident involving Rodney Hinton and the agent is still under investigation. A parade will be held to commemorate the murdered representatives.

Hinton was charged with aggravated murder in connection with the death of the attorney and appeared on Saturday, with the judge not having a deposit before a hearing Tuesday, according to WLWT. He was held in the Clermont County Jail, according to online records.

It is not clear whether Hinton is There are currently lawyers.