CNN) — According to the Montgomery County prosecutor's office, a grand jury indicted a police officer in a Columbus, Ohio, suburb on murder charges Tuesday for the death of a pregnant woman who was thought to have been a shoplifter last year. 
On August 24, 2023, in the Blendon Township parking lot of a Kroger grocery store, Ta'Kiya Young, 21, was shot and killed by an officer inside her car. Her unborn kid passed away.
A grand jury indictment against Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb includes four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault, and two counts of involuntary manslaughter, according to a statement from the prosecuting attorney's office.
The prosecuting attorney stated, "No one is above the law, even though it is concerning that an officer sworn to uphold the law has been indicted for homicide charges."
In the weeks that followed, surveillance and redacted body-camera footage from the incident were made public. These videos revealed that two cops had approached her in her car on charges of theft. The footage indicates that as the automobile started to approach the officer who was stationed in front of it, he fired one shot into her windshield, killing her. 
Young's family lawyer Sean Walton noted in a statement that August 1 would have marked Young's 22nd birthday and hailed the indictment.
The lives of Ta'Kiya Young and her unborn daughter were cruelly and unfairly murdered by Blendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb. Today is a solemn win in the quest of justice for them, according to a statement from Walton.
"The needless hostility and the terrifying orders to "comply or die" that ultimately resulted in Ta'Kiya's murder were there for all of us to see with horrifying clarity. Ta'Kiya's life, along with her daughter's, was brutally taken, serving as yet another example of the critical need for police accountability and behavior reform.
The accusations coincide with increased public scrutiny of Black Americans' experiences with police violence. In these kinds of incidents, cops are almost never prosecuted, and even fewer are ever found guilty.
Police concealed the identity of the two cops and masked their faces on the video shortly after the shooting, claiming they were the victims of an attack. Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford said in a video uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday that the agency must now discipline Grubb in accordance with the law.
To be quite clear, we are not making any determination as to whether Officer Grubb behaved appropriately. "We have not viewed the proof," he remarked. "But since individuals who are charged may not lawfully own a firearm, the indictment against him forces us to formally start the disciplinary procedure."
The local police union, Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge #9, is represented by Brian Steel, executive vice president, who expressed his "deep disappointment" with the decision to prosecute Grubb in a statement released on Tuesday.
According to Steel, "Officer Grubb had to make a split-second decision, like all law enforcement officers, a reality all too familiar for those who serve to protect our communities." "The main objective of these decisions, which are made under tremendous pressure and frequently in life-threatening circumstances, is to protect both the lives of the general public and themselves."
Wednesday at 1:00 PM has been set aside for Grubb's arraignment.
On a Thursday night, there was a police gunshot that happened in the parking lot outside Kroger.
Young may be seen browsing the store and putting many booze bottles into her purse on surveillance footage taken inside the establishment. The footage shows her waiting in line at the cashier before she and two other ladies departed.
As the women left the business and headed to a car, alarms went off, according to the police. Police reported that a lady who had stolen alcohol bottles was in a car parked outside the grocery shop when an employee alerted them to the situation.
An officer can be seen approaching Young's driver-side window on the police body camera footage, urging her to get out of the car many times. Then a second officer—wearing a body camera as well—moved in front of the car.
It is stated that you took something. "Exit the vehicle," the cop at the window said.
Young shot back, "I didn't steal sh*t," and the two fought back and forth while the window was partially open.
The cop in front of the automobile said, "Get out of the f**king car." According to the footage, he pulled out his revolver and placed his left hand on the car's hood.
Young said, "You gonna shoot me?" at one point.
Then, while the officer beside her window keeps urging her to get out of the car, Young is seen operating the wheel. The cop in front of the automobile said again, "Get out of the f**king car."
The footage shows the car starting to drive ahead slowly. The cop in front of the car fired once through the windshield a few seconds later.
Following the gunshot, the vehicle rolled across a sidewalk between two brick columns and into a building as the police chased behind and yelled at the driver to halt. The driver was slumped over to one side, and the cops had to break the window to get to him before calling for reinforcements.
She died from a gunshot wound to the heart, according to an autopsy. Based on estimates from the Franklin County Coroner's Office, her fetus was believed to be between 25 and 28 weeks gestation.