(CNN) The police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland four years ago has withdrawn his application to a police department in eastern Ohio, CNN affiliate WTOV-TV reported, citing the department's police chief. Timothy Loehmann was hired by the police department in Bellaire, a small town on the Ohio River, about 65 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Bellaire Police Chief Richard "Dick" Flanagan told WTOV on Wednesday that Loehmann called him saying he was "rescinding his application here at the Bellaire Police Department." "I had accepted his withdrawal from the Bellaire Police Department," Flanagan said. Flanagan said Loehmann was never sworn in and was still in the training process.

Source: CNN October 13, 2018 21:11 UTC