Officers said that Tyree King and two others matched the description of three armed robbery suspects. It is not clear if King was involved in that crime.
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A Columbus, Ohio police officer fatally shot a 13-year-old after the department says the boy pulled a weapon, later identified as a BB gun, from the waistband of his pants during a chase.
The boy, identified as Tyree King, was spotted with two others on Wednesday evening by officers responding to reports of an armed robbery in the area.
It was around 7:42 p.m. when police say a man called to report that “a group of individuals approached him, one of them brandishing a gun, and demanded money,” the department said in a statement Thursday morning.
A short time later, police said officers saw three people matching the descriptions of the suspects and approached them for questioning. Two of the men took off running and the officers chased after them down an alley.
When they caught up with them, police said, "one suspect pulled a gun from his waistband.” The officer, who has not been identified, then fired at King, shooting him “multiple times.” He was transported to Nationwide Children’s Hospital where he died at approximately 8:22 p.m.
After the crime unit investigated the scene, they discovered that the weapon in King’s possession originally thought to be a regular handgun was a BB gun with a laser sight attached to it.
The suspect who was with King was taken in for questioning but was later released pending further investigation. It is unclear whether the two were involved in the armed robbery.
Two years ago there were two other incidents in Ohio of police fatally shooting people carrying BB guns.
On Aug. 5, 2014, 22-year-old John Crawford III was fatally shot by police inside a Beavercreek Walmart, where he was found holding a BB gun sold in the store.
Tamir Rice, 12, was shot and killed by a police officer in Cleveland on Nov. 22, 2014. He was later discovered to be carrying a BB gun.
In both cases, the officers involved were not charged.
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