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Connor Grubb, the Blendon Township police officer accused of murder after shooting and killing pregnant woman Ta'Kiya Young in the parking lot of a grocery store in 2023 asked a Franklin County judge earlier this week to move his trial to a different county. The judge has denied that request.

A Franklin County judge will decide if Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb should be tried in the county or grant a defense request for a change of venue.

Defense attorneys for Connor Grubb have filed a motion asking for a Franklin County judge to allow a change of venue for the November trial.

Blendon Township trustees said they moved officer Connor Grubb from paid administrative leave to unpaid leave because of a police levy failure in November.

A Franklin County judge delayed the trial, scheduled for July, of Connor Grubb, the Blendon Township police officer who killed Ta'Kiya Young and her unborn child when he shot her in 2023 in a parking lot. A hearing will be held in May to set a new date.

The trial for Connor Grubb is set to begin on July 14, 2025.

Blendon Township trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to keep Grubb on paid administrative leave.

Blendon Township Police officer Connor Grubb posted a $20,000 bond after pleading not guilty to murder and other charges. He shot and killed 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young in a grocery store parking lot last August.

Blendon Township Police officer Connor Grubb shot 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young, 21, on Aug. 24, 2023, after he and another officer confronted Young inside her car. Young was pregnant at the time and both she and her unborn child died.

The Franklin County Prosecutor's Office told ÍøÆغÚÁÏ the officer who fatally shot Young was Connor Grubb. Blendon Township refused to identify Grubb, citing Marsy's Law.