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Review Board Clears Columbus Officers Who Shot A Cop Killer

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published October 6, 2017 at 5:47 AM EDT
Franklin County Sheriff's Office

The Columbus police firearms review board has cleared two officers of wrongdoing in the shooting of a convicted cop killer.  The board says Lieutenant Paul Ohl and Officer Glenn Thivener were justified in shooting Lincoln Rutledge last year. Rutledge had just shot Officer Steve Smith during a confrontation at his estranged wife's home. Rutledge is serving a life sentence.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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