Joyce Beatty, D-Columbus, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, are requesting a federal investigation into the events leading up to the death of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant on behalf of her parents, Paula Bryant and Myron Hammonds. Their letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children & Families J ooYeun Chang and Robinsue Frohboese, acting director of the department's Office for Civil Rights, is below. The Columbus teen was fatally shot by a Columbus police officer April 21 while wielding a knife during a fight outside of the foster home where she was staying.