Updated: Apr 21 2021, 5:26 ET
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RIOTS broke out in Columbus after a black 16-year-old girl was fatally shot by police as ex-cop Derek Chauvin s guilty verdict was handed down.
Protesters took to the streets in the city in Ohio just hours after knife-wielding teen Ma Khia Bryant was shot multiple times and killed by police during an argument with another girl.
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Crowd gathered in front of the Ohio StatehouseCredit: AP
The police-involved shooting, which was caught on camera, happened just moments before Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the death of George Floyd.
Crowds gathered last night in Columbus and in front of the Ohio Statehouse brandishing signs with Ma Khia s name on, as well as the words Black Lives Matter .
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Updated: Apr 20 2021, 23:48 ET
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GRAPHIC bodycamera footage of the police shooting that left a 16-year-old dead in Ohio showed a girl was shot just seconds after cops arrived on scene.
Video showed the girl – who has been identified by family as Ma Khia Bryant, 16 – being shot multiple times amid an altercation with two other females.
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Ma Khia Bryant, 16, was fatally shot by police, her family said
Hazel Bryant is seen after her niece, Ma khia Bryant, was fatally shot by a cop on Tuesday
The victim was transported to the hospital in critical condition, but was pronounced dead
Protestors immediately gathered after word of the police-involved shooting emerged
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