Columbus police shooting videos series#

She just went at her.' Investigation underwayīryant was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. A black-handled blade similar to a kitchen knife or steak knife lies on the sidewalk next to her.Ī man immediately yells at the officer, 'You didn't have to shoot her! She's just a kid, man!' (Columbus Police Department/WSYX-TV/The Associated Press)įrom a few feet away, with people on either side of him, the officer fires four shots, and Bryant slumps to the ground. In an image from police bodycam video that Columbus police played during a news conference Tuesday night, a teenage girl, foreground, appears to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot by a police officer. The officer shouts several times to get down.īryant then charges at another girl or woman who is pinned against a car. The officer takes a few steps toward a group of people in the driveway when Bryant starts swinging a knife wildly at another girl or woman, who falls backward. The 10-second clip begins with the officer getting out of his car at a house where police had been dispatched after someone called 911 saying they were being physically threatened, interim Chief Michael Woods said at a news conference.

The girl was identified by Franklin County Children Services, which said in a news release that the 16-year-old Bryant was under the care of the agency at the time of her death. The video showed Bryant charging at two people with a knife before the shooting.

Columbus police shooting videos series#

Officials with the Columbus Division of Police released footage of the shooting Tuesday night, just hours after it happened - a departure from protocol as the force faces immense scrutiny from the public following a series of recent high-profile police killings that have led to clashes. The fatal police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant, a Black teenager in Columbus, Ohio, came within minutes of the verdict in George Floyd's killing - prompting outrage over the continued police use of lethal force.