U.S. Attorney’s Office
September 24, 2014 • Southern District of Ohio (937)
225-2910
COLUMBUS, OH—The Civil Rights
Division of the United States Department of Justice, the United States
Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio, and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Cincinnati Field Division, announced today that they will
conduct an independent review of the facts and circumstances surrounding the
August 5, 2014, fatal shooting of John Crawford III by an officer with the
Beavercreek Police Department. The Civil Rights Division, the United States
Attorney’s Office, and the FBI have been monitoring the state’s investigation
of this case. The Civil Rights Division, the United States Attorney’s Office,
and the FBI will conduct a thorough and independent review of the evidence and
take appropriate action if the evidence indicates a prosecutable violation of
federal criminal civil rights statutes. This is an on-going investigation;
therefore, the Department can make no further comment on this case at this
time.
