It appears unlikely Timothy Loehmann, the officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice in 2014, will ever get his job back with Cleveland Division of Police.
The 8th District Court of Appeals in Cuyahoga County dismissed Thursday.
The that, because an application to overturn the firing was not submitted within the required three-month window after an arbitrator upheld the city鈥檚 decision to fire Loehmann, it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.
The City of Cleveland for failing to disclose on his job application that recommended firing him after a series of rules violations and signs he was unfit for police work.
Loehmann fatally shot Rice within seconds of arriving at a city park where the 12-year-old was playing with what turned out to be an air gun. A 911 caller said the gun was 鈥減robably fake,鈥� but that information was not relayed to responding officers.
Internal reviews did not fault Loehmann for firing his weapon.
While Loehmann and Frank Garmback, the officer driving the patrol car when Loehmann shot Rice, were never charged for a crime in the killing, the city .
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