UPDATE 2-Ohio probes police shooting of Black teenage girl caught on camera Reuters 4 days ago
(Adds Bryant s medical treatment, student protest details)
By Gaelen Morse and Gabriella Borter
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 21 (Reuters) - State investigators in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday were probing the fatal police shooting of a Black teenage girl in a confrontation caught on body-camera video that appeared to show her holding a knife and lunging at two people.
The girl, identified by police as 16-year-old Ma Khia Bryant, was shot on Tuesday around the same time a Minneapolis jury convicted a white former police officer of murdering George Floyd last year by kneeling on his neck.
Ohio authorities probe fatal police shooting of Black teenage girl
By Gaelen Morse
Reuters
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - State investigators in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday were probing the fatal police shooting of a Black teenage girl in a confrontation caught on body-camera footage that appeared to show her lunging at two people with a knife.
The incident on Tuesday sparked street protests in Ohio s largest city hours after a Minneapolis jury convicted a white former police officer there of murdering George Floyd last year by kneeling on his neck.
Authorities declined to name the girl. But family members and Franklin County Children Services have identified her as Ma Khia Bryant, aged 16.
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