Community members honored Bryant for making a difference, and her family for showing strength. Author: 10TV Web Staff, Lacey Crisp Published: 1:44 PM EDT April 26, 2021 Updated: 6:08 PM EDT April 30, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio Community members packed into the First Church of God on Friday for a funeral service honoring the life of Ma’Khia Bryant.
Bishop Timothy Clarke led the service at the church on Refugee Road.
“She didn’t live long, but she lived well and she made a difference,” Clarke said of Bryant.
The 16-year-old was fatally shot by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon on April 20. Body camera video shows Bryant lunging at another woman with a knife.
BUTTERFLIES were released at the funeral Ma Khia Bryant, the Ohio teen shot dead by police.
During an emotional ceremony at the First Church of God in Columbus, the “smart” 16-year-old was remembered for her kindness.
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Mourners hug each other at the ceremonyCredit: Reuters
Ma’Khia was shot four times April 20 by Officer Nicholas Reardon, a moment that was captured on police video.
Video showed the knife-wielding teen being shot multiple times amid an altercation with two other females in front of her foster home.
But at the memorial she was remembered as a loving family member and a good student with a promising future.
Family and friends of 16-year-old Ma Khia Bryant said their final goodbyes Friday.Bryant was shot and killed by a Columbus police officer on April 20. Police body camera video shows her holding a knife and swinging at two women seconds before she was shot several times. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation continues to investigate.Loved ones gathered at First Church of God in Columbus to remember and honor her life.The service lasted for approximately an hour and a half. Several pastors recited scripture, preached and prayed and artists sang gospel songs. One of Bryant s cousins eulogized the teen. She was a child of God. She was a daughter. She was a granddaughter. She was a niece, a cousin, a friend, a best friend. She was a student, said cousin Donnie Bryant. Did you know that Ma Khia loved getting good grades in school? That she was a very intelligent young girl? Bryant s mother Paula Bryant was presented with her daughter s high school diploma during the funeral ser
Ma Khia Bryant s family gathers for her funeral in Ohio
Ma Khia Bryant s family gathers for funeral in Ohio
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Ma Khia Bryant was laid to rest in a funeral service at the First Church of God in Columbus, Ohio, Friday afternoon. Bryant, 16, was fatally shot by white Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon on April 20. Body camera footage from the incident showed Bryant with a knife. Family, friends, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther and Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency medical technician who was fatally shot by police in Louisville, Kentucky, in March 2020, gathered for the service, where a quilt bearing Bryant s likeness was displayed on the stage.