Authorities in Columbus, Ohio, called for calm in the city as details emerged about an officer involved in a fatal police shooting Wednesday of a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a BB gun and suspected in an armed robbery. Around 7.42pm on Wednesday, authorities said Tyre King, 13, was fatally shot by Officer Bryan Mason, a nine-year veteran of the Columbus police division. “Oh my God.”Police said King removed a BB gun from his waistband, when Mason fired “multiple” times and killed him. Braxton, 19, said he was with King at the time of the shooting, and that the 13-year-old’s BB gun looked like an authentic firearm. “The family of Tyre King asks for support from their community as they seek answers in this tragic killing,” said co-counsel Sean Walton.

Source: The Guardian September 16, 2016 18:04 UTC