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Ohio police shoot black teenage girl before Chauvin's verdict

2021-04-21T21:20:46.355Z


The deceased teenager was identified as 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant. Columbus police said body camera video shows someone trying to stab two people before the young woman was shot.


A Columbus police officer shot and killed a teenage girl who allegedly attacked two other people with a knife on Tuesday, according to body camera footage from the officer who shot, minutes before the verdict on George Floyd's murder was read in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The dead teenager was identified as 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant

by a spokeswoman for Franklin County Children's Services, who said in an email that the young woman had been in the care of that department, according to The New York newspaper. Times.

Columbus Police Division officials showed a segment of the footage Tuesday night, just hours after the shooting occurred in a neighborhood on the city's east side.

The decision to quickly release the video was a deviation from protocol, as the police body faces immense scrutiny from public opinion following a series of recent high-profile police killings that have led to clashes and protests in the country.

Municipal authorities called the shooting a tragedy and urged calm and patience.

In an image from Columbus, Ohio police body camera video, a teenage girl, in the foreground, appears to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot by an officer, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. via WSYX-TV via AP

"It

could be my granddaughter

. My heart breaks for her family tonight. Regardless of the circumstances, they are in agony, and they are in my prayers," Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus said in a statement.

"They deserve answers. Our city deserves answers. I want answers. But quick answers cannot come at the cost of complete and accurate answers," Pettus added.

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The images

The 10-second video begins with the officer getting out of his car at a home where police had been dispatched after someone called 911 claiming they were being physically threatened, Acting Police Chief Michael Woods explained in a Press conference.

The officer took a few steps toward a group of people in the driveway when the teenager, who was black, appears to start brandishing a knife savagely at another girl or woman, who fell backward.

The officer yelled several times for him to drop to the ground, according to the video.

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The young woman allegedly attacked another girl or woman who was immobilized against a car with the weapon.

A few meters away, with people on either side, the officer fired four shots and the teenager fell dejectedly to the ground.

A black-handled knife similar to a kitchen or steak knife was left on the sidewalk next to her.

A man immediately yelled at the officer,

"You didn't have to shoot her! She's just a girl, man

.

"

The officer replied: “I had a knife.

He went to her, "he justified. The girl was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to the police.

The agent, who has not been publicly identified, will be removed from service on the street, Woods added.

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The shooting occurred minutes before the verdict on George Floyd's murder was announced.

Protesters who had gathered peacefully after the sentencing to demand police reform quickly turned their protests toward the girl's murder.

About 100 people shouted outside the police headquarters as city officials offered their condolences to the family and acknowledged the unusual fact of displaying body camera footage right after a police shooting.

Woods said state law allows police to use deadly force to protect themselves or others, and investigators will determine if this occurred in this shooting.

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Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther mourned the loss of the young victim but defended the officer's use of deadly force.

"We know that, according to the images, the officer took steps to protect another girl in our community," he told reporters.

Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters pushed through the barriers of the police headquarters and approached officers as city officials showed video from the body camera inside.

Many chanted,

"Say his name!"

While others indicated the age of the victim yelling that it was just a girl.

Officers pushed the protesters back and threatened to pepper the crowd.

The shooting took place less than 5 miles (8 kilometers) from where the funeral took place for Andre Hill, who was killed by another Columbus police officer in December.

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The officer in Hill's case, Adam Coy, a 19-year veteran, now faces a murder trial, with the next hearing scheduled for April 28.

Less than three weeks before Hill was killed, a Franklin County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus.

The case remains under federal investigation.

Last week, Columbus police shot and killed a man in a hospital emergency room with a gun on him.

Authorities are continuing an investigation into that shooting.

Kimberly Shepherd, 50, who has lived in the neighborhood where Tuesday's shooting occurred for 17 years, said she knew the teenager.

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"The neighborhood has definitely gone through its changes, but nothing like this," Shepherd said of the shooting.

"This is the worst that has happened here and, unfortunately, it is in the hands of the police."

added.

Shepherd and her neighbor, Jayme Jones, 51, had upheld Chauvin's guilty verdict.

But things changed quickly.

“We were happy with the verdict.

But we couldn't even enjoy it, "

Shepherd stated." Because when you get a phone call that says he's guilty, I'm going to get the next phone call that this is happening in my neighborhood. "

With information from AP, The New York Times and NBC News.

Source: telemundo

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