Hubbard, 36, was indicted Dec. 21 by a Warren County grand jury for attempted murder and felonious assault for allegedly shooting Jordan, attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault for allegedly shooting at Butler County Sheriff’s deputy Mike Barger and attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault for allegedly shooting at Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper Brett Lee.
Those charges also carry firearm specifications, which can add three to seven years to the sentence if Hubbard is found guilty. He also was indicted for two counts of having weapons under disability, failure to comply, improper handling of a firearms in a motor vehicle and a second-degree misdemeanor charge of assaulting a police dog.
Jordan’s K-9, Koda, attempted to apprehend Hubbard while he sat in the police cruiser. The police dog was not hit by gunfire.
Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell said Hubbard faces a maximum sentence in excess of 60 years in prison if convicted.
Hubbard is back in prison for violating his post-conviction release and will be video arraigned Jan. 11 by Magistrate Andrew Hasselbach, Warren County Common Pleas Judge Timothy Tepe’s magistrate, according to court records.
Jordan was shot in the arm, finger and right leg. He was released from the hospital a day later and returned to light duty.
Hubbard received multiple gunshot wounds when eight officers returned fire, according to officials. He was released from University of Cincinnati Medical Center and was sent back to prison.
No cases involving the eight officers were presented to a grand jury after Fornshell said the investigation determined they acted appropriately.
The chase and shooting incident, which was caught on video by cruiser cameras, was investigated by the Ohio Bureau of Investigation because there were multiple jurisdictions involved. The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Butler County Sheriff’s Office and Fairfield Police Department also had a part in the incident.
Fornshell said based on the investigation, there is no indication of wrongdoing on the part of officers. He said Hubbard shot first, striking Jordan, and eight officers returned fire. Hubbard was hit between 10 and 13 times. Video evidence made the sequence of events clear, the prosecutor said.
Hamilton police detectives were attempting to find Hubbard because he had an open parole violation and he was wanted for questioning in an ongoing homicide investigation, Fornshell said. When Hamilton police found him and attempted to make a traffic stop. Hubbard fled. Fornshell said that’s when the pursuit began.
Five Butler County deputies, one Middletown officer, one Fairfield officer and one trooper exchanged gunfire with Hubbard, according to Fornshell. Jordan did not fire his weapon.
“He was struck, it appears, before the other law enforcement officers fired,” Fornshell said. “Officer Jordan goes down, and as he’s going down, that’s when the other officers began to exchange fire with Hubbard.”
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