Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, killed in Ohio police shooting; bodycam footage released within hours
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In an image from police bodycam video that the Columbus Police Department played during a news conference Tuesday night, April 20, 2021, a teenage girl identified as Ma’Khia Bryant, foreground, appears to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot by a police officer Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio.Columbus Police Department via WSYX-TV via AP
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Mark Ferenchik, The Columbus Dispatch (TNS)
COLUMBUS, Ohio 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 on the Southeast Side.
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Police in Ohio were called on Tuesday afternoon to respond to an attempted stabbing. City officials released bodycam footage of the scene, in which a group of girls can be seen in a physical altercation. One girl, identified as Bryant, appears to have a knife and brandishes it at another girl when the officer shoots her.
However, Bryant’s family stated that Bryant lives in a foster home and had gotten into an altercation with other girls there and only brandished the knife to protect herself.
Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. asked for peace and patience as the investigation unfolds.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – About 20 minutes before a guilty verdict was announced in the trial of Derek Chauvin, a Columbus police officer fatally shot a teen girl.
Columbus police released body camera footage of the shooting of the 16-year-old girl by just hours after the incident on Tuesday afternoon.
Police received a 911 call around 4:35 p.m. about an attempted stabbing, saying a caller reported a female trying to stab them then hung up.
Franklin County Children s Services identified the girl who was killed as 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. Protests also quickly formed at the scene of the shooting and the city’s police headquarters.