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Ohio shooting: Black teenage girl shot dead by police Police in Columbus release body-cam footage after responding to attempted stabbing call
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A protester holds a poster displaying the portrait of Ma’Khia Bryant who was fatally shot by Columbus police. Photograph: Etienne Laurent/EPA
Police in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday fatally shot a black teenage girl they confronted as she lunged at two people with a knife, as seen in police video footage of the encounter, authorities said.
The incident, sparking street protests in Ohio’s largest city, came as the nation focused on the guilty verdict a Minneapolis jury returned against former police officer Derek Chauvin charged with murdering George Floyd last year by kneeling on his neck.
Columbus police shooting updates: Aunt says teen girl killed; crowd protests Mark Ferenchik, The Columbus Dispatch
An angry crowd protested near a home on the Southeast Side where a Columbus police officer fatally shot someone while responding to an attempted stabbing call.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation was on the scene Tuesday night on the 3100 block of Legion Lane, between Chatterton and Refugee roads to investigate a fatal shooting by a Columbus police officer.
Police received a 911 call at 4:35 p.m. about an attempted stabbing on the 3100 block of Legion Lane, which is located north of Chatterton Road. The caller reported a female was trying to stab them, then the caller hung up.
UPDATE:
In an unprecedented move, Columbus police showed body camera footage of the shooting of a 16-year-old girl by a Columbus police officer just hours after the incident.
The video shows an officer approaching a driveway with a group of young people standing there. In the video, it appears that the 16-year-old, identified now as Ma’Khia Bryant, who was moments later shot by police, pushes or swings at a person who falls to the ground.
Bryant then appears to swing a knife at a girl who is on the hood of a car, and the officer fires his weapon what sounds like four times, striking the girl.
Columbus police said officers initially were called to the scene for a disturbance.
Credit: WBNS 10TV Author: 10TV Web Staff Updated: 10:38 PM EDT April 20, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio A family member has confirmed to 10TV that the person shot and killed by a police officer in southeast Columbus Tuesday was 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant.
The Department of Public Safety announced the city will be showing bodyworn camera footage of the shooting around 10:30 p.m. We will bring you live coverage on online.
Officers were called to the 3100 block of Legion Lane, north of Chatterton Road, just after 4:30 p.m. for a disturbance.