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In Memory of
Samuel Vincent Dubose
March 12, 1972 - July 19, 2015

Visitation:
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. until 12 noon
Church of The Living God, 434 Forest Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

Service:
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 12:00 noon
Church of The Living God, 434 Forest Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

Interment:
Landmark Memorial Gardens of Cincinnati, Ohio

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Family and friends of a man killed by a UC police officer gathered at the intersection of Valencia and Rice streets, where he was gunned down. Sam DuBose was pulled over Sunday for failing to display a front license plate, according to police. Samuel Vincent Ramone DuBose addressed mourners at his father's vigil before being overcome with emotion and he wasn't alone. "I want to ask them why did they do that for, I want to ask them why did they kill him,” asked DuBose. He was laid to rest as officials continue their investigation into the shooting and as the community calls for more information into the death, including the release of the officer’s body camera video of the shooting, which the Hamilton County prosecutor said is vital to the case. UC Police Chief Jason Goodrich said Officer Tensing spotted DuBose driving without a front license plate at Vine and McMillan near the UC campus and followed him about a half-mile. CINCINNATI.COM UC officer's attorney expects indictment in shooting Tensing asked for a driver’s license, which DuBose couldn’t produce. He gave the officer an unopened bottle of alcohol instead, Goodrich said. The two men struggled at the door of the car, and Tensing fired once, fatally striking DuBose in the head, Goodrich said. The car traveled a block farther before coming to a rest on the narrow sidewalk at Rice and Valencia, authorities said. Many in the community question that version of events.He was laid to rest as officials continue their investigation into the shooting and as the community calls for more information into the death, including the release of the officer’s body camera video of the shooting, which the Hamilton County prosecutor said is vital to the case. UC Police Chief Jason Goodrich said Officer Tensing spotted DuBose driving without a front license plate at Vine and McMillan near the UC campus and followed him about a half-mile. CINCINNATI.COM UC officer's attorney expects indictment in shooting Tensing asked for a driver’s license, which DuBose couldn’t produce. He gave the officer an unopened bottle of alcohol instead, Goodrich said. The two men struggled at the door of the car, and Tensing fired once, fatally striking DuBose in the head, Goodrich said. The car traveled a block farther before coming to a rest on the narrow sidewalk at Rice and Valencia, authorities said. Many in the community question that version of events.






































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Mourners gathered at the site where the incident took place for a person they say was a good man. "A great person, who a lot of people knew to be very nice. Nobody knew him to be a bad person," said DuBose. "Know that my son was not a violent person,” said mother Audrey DuBose. "Nobody had the right to put a gun to his head and shot him. What did he do to deserve that?" There are still a lot of unanswered questions for family and friends and also from community members. "We should be protected by the police, not killed by the police,” shouted a bystander. Though DuBose has a criminal past, people say the man they knew wasn't 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