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Teenage girl shot dead by police in Ohio
Updated / Wednesday, 21 Apr 2021
09:09
A protester in Columbus holds a photo of Ma Khia Bryant
Police in the US city of Columbus in Ohio fatally shot a black teenage girl they confronted during an attempted stabbing, 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 was focused on the guilty verdict a Minneapolis jury returned against a white former Minneapoli police officer charged with murdering George Floyd last year by kneeling on his neck.
Releasing police body-camera video of yesterday s shooting, the interim Columbus police chief, Michael Woods, said officers involved were responding to an emergency call from someone who reported an attempted stabbing at a home on the city s southeast side.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) Protesters were back on the streets of Columbus Tuesday, hours after a police officer fatally shot a Black teenage girl following a 911 call.
Protestors gathered in front of Columbus Police headquarters to protest the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. [Sam Dixius | WOSU]The fatal shooting occurred seconds after officers arrived at the scene of a reported disturbance on Legion Lane on Columbus’ Southeast side.
Body camera footage released by police shows several people fighting in a driveway. The video shows Ma’Kiah Bryant, 16, pushing one person to the ground before appearing to swing a knife at another person.
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