Cincinnati resident Rodney Hinton drove into a police officer directing traffic and killed him shortly after watching a video of his 18-year-old son being shot dead by an officer. (Hamilton County Sheriff's Office photo)

Officials said Cincinnati, Ohio resident Rodney Hinton immediately sought revenge after watching a video of an officer shooting dead his 18-year-old son, driving into and killing the traffic directing police officer Larry Henderson. Hinton, who was charged with "aggravated murder," appeared in court on March 3.

According to court documents submitted to Hamilton County Municipal Court by prosecutors, 38-year-old Hinton, after seeing the video, "calculated the timing and meticulously planned" to park his car before "intentionally accelerating," causing the death of Officer Henderson.

According to CNN's report on May 5, Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said that on March 1, city police shot dead an 18-year-old young man who was fleeing while armed. The next day, Officer Henderson was hit and killed by a car in Cincinnati; authorities said the car was driven by the young man's grieving father.

The 38-year-old father, Rodney Hinton Jr., was charged with aggravated murder, but neither the police nor the lawyer representing his family revealed any motive for his actions against Officer Henderson.

Questions still remain about the death of 18-year-old Ryan Hinton. Cincinnati police said that Ryan appeared to point a gun at an officer while fleeing on March 1, but the officer's body camera footage did not clearly capture this moment.

In memory of the fallen officer during the investigation of these two deaths, law enforcement held a memorial ceremony for the officer on the evening of March 2. Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey said that Henderson was a "very good and dedicated" officer who had retired just a few months earlier to become a police volunteer. "He was a well-liked and respected officer in the community. Everyone respected and loved him, not to mention his friends and family," McGuffey said at a press conference on March 2.

Officer Henderson killed while on duty. (Hamilton County Sheriff's Office photo)

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said he felt extreme disgust at what he described as a seemingly deliberate act of violence after hearing the news.

The incident began when Ryan Hinton, along with three teenagers, fled from police investigating a stolen vehicle case and was shot dead by an officer. The stolen car from Kentucky was parked in an apartment complex. Within six seconds of the arrival of several officers, one of them fired shots at Ryan Hinton.

Chief Theetge disclosed the body camera footage of the shooting incident to the media on March 2. The footage showed an officer shouting that one of the fleeing youths was armed. Four gunshots rang out, and Ryan Hinton, who ran between two trash bins towards the woods, fell to the ground.

The footage showed that the lens was very shaky because the officer was chasing the suspect, making it unclear whether Ryan Hinton had a gun in his hand, whether he aimed it at the pursuing officers, or whether he was facing the officer who shot him. Fellow officers confirmed that Ryan Hinton indeed had a gun and aimed it at the officer who shot him, resulting in him being hit twice and falling to the ground. The officer struck him in the chest and arm.

Hinton could not bear to watch his son get shot and fall to the ground on March 2, became extremely agitated, left in his own car, and at 1 p.m., drove into and killed a police officer directing traffic outside the University of Cincinnati.

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