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UPDATE 2-Ohio probes police shooting of Black teenage girl caught on camera Reuters 4 days ago
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By Gaelen Morse and Gabriella Borter
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 21 (Reuters) - State investigators in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday were probing the fatal police shooting of a Black teenage girl in a confrontation caught on body-camera video that appeared to show her holding a knife and lunging at two people.
The girl, identified by police as 16-year-old Ma Khia Bryant, was shot on Tuesday around the same time a Minneapolis jury convicted a white former police officer of murdering George Floyd last year by kneeling on his neck.
Bryant claimed the incident began when several adult women went to the residence and started an altercation with Makiyah. The aunt said the teen had called police as well as some relatives for help, and then armed herself with a knife for protection. Bryant told the outlet that Makiyah’s grandmother and father had filled her in on the events that took place prior to the shooting. The grandmother reportedly told Bryant that Makiyah was fending off an attack in the home’s front yard when officers arrived at the scene. Bryant claimed her niece had already dropped the knife at that point, but officers opened fire and ended up shooting Makiyah four times.