Former Columbus officer pleads guilty to reckless homicide in Black man’s 2022 death0

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• September 4, 2026

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Ohio police officer who fatally shot a Black man lying in bed pleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless homicide, the lesser of the two charges he faced in the shooting four years ago. Ricky Anderson entered what is known as an Alford plea, acknowledging that prosecutors had enough evidence to support