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Related: About this forum16 yr old AA teen girl was shot and killed by Columbus Police late this afternoon
https://www.10tv.com/amp/article/news/local/15-year-old-girl-shot-and-killed-by-police-officer-in-southeast-columbus/530-c77bb47e-97d1-47b5-8ed8-099c105a0f20?__twitter_impression=true.COLUMBUS, Ohio A family member has confirmed to 10TV that the person shot and killed by a police officer in southeast Columbus Tuesday was 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant.
Officers were called to the 3100 block of Legion Lane, north of Chatterton Road, just after 4:30 p.m. for a disturbance.
The family says Bryant called the police for help because girls were fighting outside her house
Bryant was taken to Mount Carmel East in critical condition where she was later pronounced dead.
In a statement tweeted Tuesday evening, Mayor Andrew Ginther said "a young woman tragically lost her life" and that there is body camera footage of the incident. Ginther asked for people to "remain calm" and allow investigators to gather the facts.
:::This is the 4th Columbus area shooting of a POC since November 2020.
I expect I'll be posting more tomorrow.
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16 yr old AA teen girl was shot and killed by Columbus Police late this afternoon (Original Post)
irisblue
Apr 2021
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Diamond_Dog
(34,682 posts)1. It just NEVER STOPS.
dem4decades
(11,914 posts)2. Well today's feeling of justice was short lived.
TwilightZone
(28,833 posts)3. She was 15.
The link says 15, but the text you excerpted says 16. Looks like they might have updated it; a typo, perhaps.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)4. Police press conference on the shooting (with bodycam footage)...
Bristlecone
(10,490 posts)5. Trained to shoot first ask questions later. That video is insane.