The Columbus City Council voted Friday to fire police officer Canyon Boykin, two weeks after the police-involved shooting of 26-year-old Ricky Ball.
The council, during the specially called meeting, also voted to suspend officers Johnny Branch and Yolanda Young.
On the night of Oct. 16, Boykin, Branch and Young were in the police vehicle that initiated a traffic stop on a car Ball was riding in near the intersection of 22nd Street North and 15th Avenue North. Police Chief Tony Carleton has sai
Alex Holloway was formerly a reporter with The Dispatch.
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