Who Is Ma Khia Bryant? 16-Year-Old Black Girl Shot Dead by Columbus Police newsweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated: 8:29 AM PDT, April 21, 2021
The shooting happened about 30 minutes before the guilty verdict was announced for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd, according to CNN.
A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a Black teenager after she attempted to cut two females with a knife, according to officials and body camera footage shown to the media, CNN reported.
Interim police chief Michael Woods said at a press conference that it is unusual to have video released so quickly but we understand the public s need, desire and expectation to have transparency,” CBS News reported.
Ohio police fatally shoot Black teenage girl just before Chauvin verdict bostonglobe.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bostonglobe.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2021-04-21 06:36:07 GMT2021-04-21 14:36:07(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Xinhua) A black teenage girl was killed Tuesday in a police shooting in Columbus, Ohio, shortly before a jury reached a guilty verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd.
At a news briefing in the evening, Columbus police showed bodycam footage of a responding officer shooting the girl in the afternoon as she appeared to attempt to stab two other girls.
The shooting happened around 4:45 p.m. ET (2045 GMT) at a residence in the southeastern part of the city, just minutes before Chauvin s verdict was announced.