'Because this is an active case, we cannot comment further at this time.'Ĭolumbus Police said in a statement on Dec. 'The Krieg Butler case is under review for potential presentation to the grand jury as evidence is gathered and reviewed,' the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office previously said in a statement to ABC News. Now that the law has changed, it changes that burden and shifts it to the prosecution.'Īccording to Lloyd, the self-defense rule is a byproduct of the Stand Your Ground laws and is controversial because it protects the shooter as opposed to the victim. 'Previously, if a shooter said 'I shot someone in self-defense,' they had to prove it was self-defense. 'In Ohio, the self-defense law changed and the legal part of that is the burden changed,' Channa Lloyd, criminal attorney and managing partner of The Cochran Firm, has said. The Columbus Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday on the autopsy results. The county prosecutor's office told ABC News on Wednesday, 'The matter is under internal review and as such no statements will be made at this time.'

The Franklin County autopsy report released Tuesday said the teen was shot twice, once in the hand and once in the chest, concluding the manner of death was a homicide. The witness said Butler exited his truck, fired shots at Sinzae and drove off, the complaint said.īutler was arrested days after the shooting and charged with murder, but those charges were dropped pending completion of the investigation after prosecutors said Butler claimed self-defense in the shooting during his arraignment in October, according to a statement from the Columbus Police Department. Courter Shimeall and Salvador Dominguez are representing the United States in this case.Ī criminal complaint merely contains allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.The fatal shooting of a Black teenager by a white man in Columbus, Ohio, who claimed self-defense was officially ruled a homicide in an autopsy report.Īccording to a police complaint in October, a witness to the shooting saw Krieg Butler, 36, shoot and kill 13-year-old Sinzae Reed outside of an apartment complex on Oct. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) Bryant Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced the charges. DeVillers, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan Jonathan McPherson, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Magistrate Judge Chelsey Vascura.ĭavid M. Gray will appear via videoconferencing today at 1:30pm for an initial appearance before U.S. If convicted on all counts, she faces at least 20 years and up to life in prison. Rita Gray is charged with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and oxycodone, possession with intent to distribute oxycodone, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. In January 2020, state and federal law enforcement began an investigation into suspected drug trafficking, including irregular financial activity that is suspected of being related to money laundering and narcotics trafficking, involving Eric Gray, among others. Gray was apprehended shortly thereafter, with two semiautomatic Glock manufactured pistols in close proximity. Upon entering the residence, law enforcement executing the warrant took on gunfire from Gray, who was present in the vicinity of an interior hallway.

After the knock and announce went unanswered, agents and officers made entry into the residence. The affidavit alleges that on May 28, 2020, Gray shot and seriously wounded 53-year-old Columbus Police Officer Russ Weiner while Weiner participated in executing a narcotics-related search warrant at Gray’s residence.Īccording to the court document, agents and officers knocked on the door of the residence and announced their presence. I’ll stand right around my corner there and blast however many shots I got,” Rita Gray added. “I’ll be standing right there in that hallway ready to blast. COLUMBUS, Ohio – The woman accused of shooting a Columbus police officer during a search warrant on Chelford Drive yesterday morning allegedly told her incarcerated son in a jail call that she would shoot anyone who entered her home, whether law enforcement or civilian.Īccording to an affidavit sworn-out this morning in support of the federal criminal complaint, Rita Gray, 68, told son Eric Gray in May 2019, “If you break any door in I’ma be standing in that hallway…I don’t care nothing about you hollerin’ police because a robber could be police.”

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