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irisblue

(34,267 posts)
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 08:14 PM Apr 2021

16 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 Ma’Khia 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 OP
It just NEVER STOPS. Diamond_Dog Apr 2021 #1
Well today's feeling of justice was short lived. dem4decades Apr 2021 #2
She was 15. TwilightZone Apr 2021 #3
Police press conference on the shooting (with bodycam footage)... PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #4
Trained to shoot first ask questions later. That video is insane. Bristlecone Apr 2021 #5

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
3. She was 15.
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 08:18 PM
Apr 2021

The link says 15, but the text you excerpted says 16. Looks like they might have updated it; a typo, perhaps.

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