Columbus, Ohio police officer Nicholas Reardon will not face criminal charges in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant last year, according to the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office and the Fraternal Order of Police. A grand jury on Friday issued a “no bill,” which means they found insufficient probable cause to recommend prosecution, the Associated Press reported. Reardon shot Bryant four times after responding to the scene of a reported domestic dispute in April 2021. Body-cam footage showed Bryant lunge at another woman with a knife, prompting Reardon to fire. Her death came a half-hour before ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder and manslaughter of George Floyd.
