{"id":11504,"date":"2016-09-15T11:14:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T11:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=11504"},"modified":"2016-09-15T11:14:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T11:14:44","slug":"ohio-police-officer-shoots-kills-13-year-old-who-drew-bb-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/ohio-police-officer-shoots-kills-13-year-old-who-drew-bb-gun.html","title":{"rendered":"Ohio police: Officer shoots, kills 13-year-old who drew BB gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Ohio police: Officer shoots, kills 13-year-old who drew BB gun<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Ohio police: Officer shoots, kills 13-year-old who drew BB gun:- Police in Ohio shot and killed a 13-year-old boy while responding to a report of an armed robbery Wednesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Columbus police said the boy pulled a gun from his waistband that was later found to be a BB gun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The police force said officers were called to a report of an armed robbery in east Columbus at about 7.45 p.m. and the male victim told them that a group of people approached him and demanded money and one of them had a gun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Officers saw three males matching the descriptions of the suspects and tried to speak with them, but two of them fled on foot, the force said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Officers followed the males to the alley &#8230; and attempted to take them into custody when one suspect pulled a gun from his waistband. One officer shot and struck the suspect multiple times,&#8221; police said in a statement carried by the Associated Press early Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The boy was taken to the Nationwide Children&#8217;s Hospital in a critical condition and was later pronounced dead, the force said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">He was identified as 13-year-old Tyree King, the AP reported. Police said the gun was later determined to be a BB gun with an attached laser sight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The male with King was interviewed and released pending further investigation and police are seeking more suspects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The police force said the incident is being investigated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\">Source:http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2016\/09\/15\/ohio-police-officer-shoots-kills-13-year-old-bb-gun\/90398996\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/ohio-police-officer-shoots-kills-13-year-old-who-drew-bb-gun.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio police: Officer shoots, kills 13-year-old who drew BB gun Ohio police: Officer shoots, kills 13-year-old who drew BB gun:- Police in Ohio shot and killed a 13-year-old boy while responding to a report of an armed robbery Wednesday night. 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