A 13-year-old OH boy fatally shot by a Columbus police officer investigating a report of an armed robbery will be laid to rest this weekend.
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Tyre’s family wants an independent investigation.
The Franklin County Coroner’s Office has completed its autopsy on his body, but The Guardian reports that the office will not release the results for at least six weeks, pending a toxicology report.
According to the family, Diaz found that Tyre died from three gunshot wounds, to his temple, collarbone, and left flank, “any of which could be determined to have been cause of death”.
The family also has said witnesses’ accounts did not match what the police were reporting and has called for an independent investigation.
Evidence in the shooting investigation will automatically be presented to a grand jury to determine if the officer’s actions were justified or charges are warranted.
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.
The funeral for a 13-year-old African-American boy fatally shot by a white police officer in Columbus, Ohio, is set for Saturday.
Aramis Malachi-Ture Sundiata, center, speaks during a rally Monday outside Columbus City Hall calling for an independent investigation into the shooting.. “Children do not understand the danger these imitation weapons pose”.
The family said through its attorneys in announcing the funeral this week that it stood with recent police shooting victims and their families in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Associated Press obtained Officer Bryan Mason’s personnel file through a public records request. The evaluation notes that Mason maintains composure under stress and demonstrates “exceptional verbal skills” in defusing “potentially hostile situations”.
Police questioned Braxton after the shooting last week and arrested him Saturday on a felony robbery charge. Another hearing is set for September 27. Braxton remained held without bond.
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Demetrius Braxton, 19, told the local newspaper he and Tyre and others carried out the robbery of $10 from a man on S. 18th St. near Madison St. “But what they’re not going to do is address the fact the boy was running from the officer when he was shot”.
