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2021-04-21 06:36:07 GMT2021-04-21 14:36:07(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Xinhua) A black teenage girl was killed Tuesday in a police shooting in Columbus, Ohio, shortly before a jury reached a guilty verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd.
At a news briefing in the evening, Columbus police showed bodycam footage of a responding officer shooting the girl in the afternoon as she appeared to attempt to stab two other girls.
The shooting happened around 4:45 p.m. ET (2045 GMT) at a residence in the southeastern part of the city, just minutes before Chauvin s verdict was announced.
Ohio officials release more body cam video of fatal police shooting of Black teen and urge community to await the facts
A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl after she allegedly attempted to cut two females with a knife, according to officials and body camera footage. The bodycam footage has been put in slow motion and blurred by the Columbus Division of Police.
Posted: Apr 21, 2021 11:55 AM
Updated: Apr 21, 2021 6:00 PM
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Columbus, Ohio, officials released additional body camera video on Wednesday of a police officer fatally shooting a Black teen who charged two females with a knife.
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