/ A memorial site just a few feet away from where a Columbus Police officer shot Ma Khia Bryant.
Shiny pink and purple balloons, flowers and stuffed animals surround a tree just a few feet from where Columbus Police officer Nicholas Reardon killed Ma’Khia Bryant. Residents who live on Legion Lane say it’s normally a quiet neighborhood. The peace and calm attracted Jerry Slocum to the area in 2017.
“I thought it was quiet. Walkability because it has sidewalks,” Slocum said. “We was up north before that and there was a lot of chaos up there. But it looks like it’s here too.”
Context
Although Ma Khia Bryant s family says she made the 911 call to the police, an independent investigation is still ongoing.
Origin
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On April 20, 2021, around the same time a jury in Minneapolis convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin of murdering a Black man named George Floyd, a Black teen named Ma’Khia Bryant was fatally shot by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio.
As the news media spoke to the 16-year-old’s family and the Columbus Police Department, questions grew about who called the police to the scene. We break down all the information currently available here.
The investigation into the shooting was handled by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by the Ohio Attorney General s office.
According to court records, Coy will appear on May 7 for an initial appearance on the reckless homicide charge, which carries a five-year maximum prison sentence if convicted.
Mark Collins, Coy s attorney, said the new charge shows prosecutors have doubts about whether they could convict Coy of murder. Reckless homicide is not a lesser included offense of felony murder, Collins said. This shows us that they little faith in the felony murder charge.
Anthony Pierson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, said Friday that the new charge is based on the ongoing investigation and the reckless homicide count will be combined into a single case with the already existing one.
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