US police shoot and kill teenager in Ohio as Derek Chauvin is convicted
21 April, 2021
Police shot and killed a teenage girl on Tuesday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.
Police released bodycam video hours later at a news conference of the officer shooting the lady, who was black.
Police involved in the shooting were answering an emergency call about an attempted stabbing by a lady suspect.
In the video, it would appear that Makiyah Bryant, 16, was shot by police occasions after pushing or swinging at somebody who fell to the ground and then swinging what were a knife at a woman on the bonnet of an automobile.
In the footage, it appeared that the authorities officers fired four times, striking Bryant.
The girl was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
It isn't clear whether other people was injured.
"It's a tragic day in the town of Columbus. It's an awful, heartbreaking situation," said Mayor Andrew Ginther.
"We felt transparency in sharing this footage, as incomplete as it is at this time around [was critical]," he said.
A crowd gathered on Tuesday night at the scene on Legion Lane, which police had partially blocked to traffic.
Others gathered at the city’s police headquarters to protest, weekly after officers pepper-sprayed an organization that tried to enter the headquarters over the authorities killing of a guy who had a gun in a hospital emergency room.
A huge selection of protesters pushed past police barriers beyond your headquarters and approached officers as city officials were showing the bodycam video inside.
Many chanted, “Say her name!” While some signified the victim’s age by yelling, “she was simply a kid”.
Officers with bicycles pushed protesters back and threatened to use pepper spray on the crowd.
The shooting happened about 25 minutes before a judge browse the verdict convicting former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the killing of Floyd.
Kimberly Shepherd, 50, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 17 years, told the Associated Press that she knew the victim.
“The neighbourhood definitely experienced its changes, but nothing beats this,” Ms Shepherd said of the shooting.
“But it is the worst thing that has ever happened out here and however it is at the hands of police.”
Ms Shepherd and her neighbour Jayme Jones, 51, celebrated the guilty verdict of Mr Chauvin.
But things changed quickly, she said.
“We were happy about the verdict. Nevertheless, you couldn’t even enjoy that,” Ms Shepherd said.
“Because as you’re getting one phone call that he was guilty, I’m obtaining the next phone call that is happening in my neighbourhood.”
Source: www.thenationalnews.com