Father of man shot, killed by CPD officer is who hit, killed Hamilton County sheriff's deputy

An Ohio sheriff's deputy on a traffic detail near the University of Cincinnati was struck and killed Friday by a car driven by the father of a teenager who was shot and killed by authorities the day before, according to police.

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.

The defendant, Rodney Hinton Jr., 38, is the father of a man who was tragically shot by Cincinnati police officers on Thursday morning, according to Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge.

The recently retired deputy was serving as a special deputy and controlling traffic near the university during graduation ceremonies, authorities said at a news briefing Friday. Officials did not identify him, citing Marsy's Law, which prohibits victim identities from being revealed due to privacy concerns.

“He was so well liked and so well known, we could fill this building with the law enforcement agencies that respect him, love him, his friends, his family,” Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey said at the briefing. “We are so deeply saddened.”

The suspect's kid was shot and died Thursday while Cincinnati police officers followed four accused auto thieves for about six seconds.

Hinton Jr.'s son was armed and fleeing a stolen car when a responding officer fatally shot him, according to authorities. The police body camera film does not clearly indicate if the running guy waved a pistol at the officer.

Officers responded to a complaint at 9:30 a.m. regarding a stolen Kia SUV from Edgewood, Kentucky, when four individuals fled the vehicle.

Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge stated that there was a clear link between this event and Thursday's police shooting of an 18-year-old, whom she identified as Hinton's son.

According to Theetge, the officer who opened fire has been with the Cincinnati Police Department for over ten years and is assigned to the Fugitive Apprehension Squad in the department's Special Investigations Section.

Jurell Austin, 18, and DeAnthony Bullucks, 19, were identified as the two suspects in the suspected auto theft.They have been charged with receiving stolen goods and felony impeding government business. A third suspect remains at large.

Hinton was charged with aggravated murder in connection with the deputy’s death and appeared in court Saturday, where a judge set no bond ahead of a hearing on Tuesday. He is being held at Clermont County Jail, according to online records.