![]() If an officer is “faced with someone employing deadly force, deadly force can be the response,” Woods told reporters.Īsked about the policy on the use of Tasers versus handguns, Woods declined to comment on the specific incident but said: “If there’s not deadly force being perpetrated on someone else at that time, an officer may have the opportunity to have cover distance and time to use a Taser.” Officials asked the community to wait for all the facts to come out. “Stay with us,” he tells the girl, asking bystanders her name. In the video, one officer is heard asking, “Where is she hit?” The officer starts lifesaving measures. Brooke LaValley/Columbus Dispatc/Imagn Content Services, LLC Hazel Bryant is embraced after her teen niece, Ma'Khia Bryant, was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio. Officers attempted life saving measures “almost immediately,” said interim Police Chief Michael Woods, who said the first medics were on scene in six minutes. Ma’Khia was holding a knife in her right hand and charged a woman dressed in pink – who turned to her side as the teen appeared to attempt to stab her. The situation unfolded rapidly, according to clips from the body cameras of three officers on the street. ![]() “She came at her with a knife,” the officer who fired his weapon is heard saying. Ma’Khia fell to the ground, the knife by her side. “She’s a - kid,” a man at the scene tells the officer after four shots were fired. An officer arrived at the scene and opened fire when the girl appeared to attempt to stab a second woman. In a series of clips from police body camera video, the girl is seen holding a knife during a tussle with another young woman. The girl’s mother, Paula Bryant, and the Franklin County Children Services had identified the teen as Ma’Khia Bryant. Police attempt to revive teen after shooting Hundreds gathered in different sections of Columbus throughout the day as they headed toward police headquarters. Don’t shoot.” They also chanted Ma’Khia Bryant’s name. They chanted “Black lives matter” and “Hands up. Late Wednesday afternoon, a crowd of demonstrators – including Ohio State University students – marched in downtown Columbus toward the state Capitol building. Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch/USA TODAY NETWORK Ohio State students gather on High Street to protest the police shooting that killed Ma'Khia Bryant.
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