The 13-year-old boy fatally shot by Columbus police last week was struck three times, according to findings by a medical examiner hired by the teen’s family to evaluate the body.
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Braxton had told The Columbus Dispatch that he was with 13-year-old Tyre King on September 14 and that Tyre had a BB gun that looked like a real firearm and wanted to rob someone for money.
Francisco Diaz, a MI medical examiner hired by the family’s attorneys, on Sunday examined the body of Tyre King.
Police have said Tyre (teye-REE’) King was shot multiple times September 14 after he ran from an officer investigating a reported armed robbery and pulled out a BB gun that looked like a real firearm.
Diaz’s notes stated that King suffered gunshot wounds to the temple, collar bone and left flank – any of which could have caused his death. Experts say criminals gravitate toward pellet or BB guns because they can look indistinguishable from the real thing and are cheap and easy to get.
Attorneys for the family of Tyre King said on Monday that the local coroner’s office completed its autopsy of the child’s body, but the results wouldn’t be made available for at least six weeks. Some police departments say they’ve noticed an uptick in replicas.
On Saturday, Columbus police arrested Demetrius Emanuel Lee Braxton, 19, in connection with the reported robbery preceding King’s shooting.
The young boy was shot and killed as police responded to a report of an armed robbery on the evening of September 14. The investigation is ongoing.
“The cops said to get down”, Braxton told the newspaper. The family has called for an independent investigation of the shooting.
Braxton remains held without bond. Police are still looking for other individuals who might have been with Braxton at the time of the robbery.
Police claimed in court documents that Braxton was armed with “what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun”, according to the ABC affiliate in Columbus, and that he was involved in the robbery of a man for $10.
Judge Eileen Paley granted his request and set a September 27 hearing.
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Juvenile records show Braxton got probation in a case of attempted rape after a judge issued the juvenile-court equivalent of a conviction in 2011.
