Monday, September 19, 2016

Tyre King, 13, Was Fleeing Police When Fatally Shot, Forensic Report Finds

 
By Reuters (Kim Palmer)

A forensic report released on Monday by attorneys representing the family of a 13-year old African American boy fatally shot by a white Columbus, Ohio, police officer last week said the teenager was shot three times while running away.

Francisco Diaz, a Michigan medical examiner hired by the family’s attorneys, on Sunday examined the body of Tyre King. According to the Columbus Police Department, he was shot multiple times after he appeared to pull a handgun from his waistband during an encounter with police after a report of an armed robbery.

It was later determined the gun in question was an air pistol that fires BBs - small, metal pellets, not bullets. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther previously said the BB gun looks “almost identical” to the 9-millimeter Glock semi-automatic handguns carried by city police. 

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Source: The Huffington Post

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