Video After The Jump
Police in Columbus, Ohio, released bodycam video Tuesday night of the fatal shooting of a teenage girl earlier in the day. Interim police chief Michael Woods said at a press conference that it is unusual to have video released so quickly but "we understand the public's need, desire and expectation to have transparency."
Police did not identify the girl but her family and Franklin County Children Services identified her as 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant. The family also told CBS Columbus affiliate WBNS-TV that Bryant was the one who called the police for help, saying people were fighting outside her house.
Police at the press conference could not confirm who called 911. Police and city officials also referred to the victim as a 15-year-old throughout the press conference.
Woods said 911 received a call around 4:30 p.m. "The information was that a caller said a female was there trying to stab them and put their hands on them," Woods said. Video of the shooting was then played, and appeared to show the shooting victim attacking two other people with what appeared to be a knife. The officer fired his weapon several times while Bryant and another girl were struggling against the side of a parked car. It was unclear what led to the altercation, which was already in progress when the officers arrived.
The officers who responded to the scene, including the one who shot Bryant, were not identified.
Source: CBS News
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