Boy, 13, fatally shot by cop had pulled out BB gun

Tyree King died around 8:20 p.m., less than an hour after an officer shot him multiple times, according to the Columbus Police Department.

“But if this isn’t a call to action.why would an eighth grader have on him an nearly exact replica of a police weapon?” Others are being sought, police said.

“We as a community have to come to grips with. such easy access to guns, whether they are firearms or they are replicas”, he said.

When they attempted to speak with them, two of the males ran away, it’s reported.

No officers were injured, according to the Dispatch. Police later approached three males, including King.

A 13-year-old who died Wednesday night after a confrontation with officers in Columbus, Ohio, was carrying a BB gun, police say. This incident will be investigated by the Criminal Incident Response Team (made up of specially trained investigators from the Homicide Units).

Mason has shot and killed someone while on duty before.

During the press conference, Chief Jacobs held up a replica photo of the weapon which she said looks identical to the gun carried by CPD officers.

“Officers followed the males to the alley in the rear. and attempted to take them into custody when one suspect pulled a gun from his waistband”, the Columbus Division of Police said in a statement.

Mason has been placed on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated, per department protocol, Jacobs said.

Naderer says that’s when they looked out the window to see what was going and saw an officer chasing the suspects past their home and into a nearby alley.

The gun “turns out not to be a firearm in the sense that it fires real bullets, but.it looks like a firearm that can kill you”.

Columbus police have identified the teenager during an officer-involved shooting Wednesday night.

They want an independent investigation. He had a slight build and, if anything, was on the small side for his age, the attorney said. Columbus investigators are trying to determine whether there were any surveillance cameras in the area of King’s shooting, Jacobs said.

The male with King was identified, interviewed and released pending further investigation.

There was no chase in Tamir’s case.

The 911 caller had said the person with the gun was probably a juvenile and the weapon was probably fake, but that information was never passed on to the officers.

She said results of the investigation would be sent to the county prosecutor, whom she expects will convene a grand jury to determine whether charges should be filed against the officer.