Slowed down body cam footage shows police approaching a group of young people outside of a house before a gun was pulled out.
In a press conference, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said the “officers took action to protect another young girl.”
Her mother Paula described Ma’Khia as a “very loving, peaceful, little girl” who had a “motherly nature about her”.
“She promoted peace and that’s something I want to always be remembered,” her mother said.
Paula Bryant tells me her 16 year-old daughter Ma’Khia Bryant was an honor roll student and a sweet child. Ma’Khia was shot and killed by a @ColumbusPolice on Legion Lane at 4:30p today. pic.twitter.com/0FfbQVEgSD
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