A body-cam video of a police-involved shooting in Columbus, Ohio, that left a teenage girl dead minutes before the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial was announced in Minneapolis on Tuesday has been released by authorities.
Police said they responded to the scene Tuesday afternoon on a report of an attempted stabbing, the Columbus Dispatch reports.
Footage of the incident shows an officer with the Columbus Police Department (CPD) arriving at the scene and approaching a driveway where a group of young people are standing. Among them was Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, who apparently pushes or swings at a person and falls to the ground. She then appears to swing a knife at another girl who is on the hood of a car and an officer fires their weapon four times, hitting Bryant, who later died from her injuries, according to the newspaper.
Mayor Andrew Ginther (D) said Tuesday night that the body-camera footage was being reviewed and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) officials were on the scene.
“This afternoon a young woman tragically lost her life. We do not know all of the details. There is body-worn camera footage of the incident. We are working to review it as soon as possible. BCI is on the scene conducting an independent investigation … as they do with all CPD-involved shootings,” Ginther said.
At a news conference on Tuesday, Franklin County Children’s Services confirmed Bryant’s identity and said she was in foster care.
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