13year old black boy wit a toy gun shot dead by white police man in columbus,ohio

A 13-year-old black boy has been
shot dead by a white Ohio police
officer for pulling out a toy gun
while he was being chased after a $
10 theft.
Ohio authorities on Thursday
stated that the Columbus officer,
Bryan Mason, who was responding
to a report of a $10 armed robbery
shot Tyre King, an eighth grader,
multiple times on Wednesday
night, September 14th after the
youngster pulled a BB gun from his
waistband that looked "practically
identical" to the weapon carried by
officers.
It remains unclear if the boy had
actually pulled out the gun and
aimed it at the Mason. The family of
the boy, in a statement through its
lawyer, said officer's version of
events was in conflict with
numerous witness accounts.
How exactly King acted before he
was shot dead is not known at the
moment, the family said, and called
for an independent investigation.
According to AP, a man told officers
that a group of young men had
demanded money, threatening
him with a gun. The victim calmly
indicated he didn’t want to make a
big deal over $10.
Sirens were heard moments later
as police searched for the suspects.
A short time later officers found
three males, including King,
matching the description of the
suspects, police said. While
attempting to question them, King
and another male fled into an alley.
What happened afterwards
remains sketchy. Ohio Police claim
Mason fired after King pulled out
the look-alike gun from his
waistband but according to The
Columbus Dispatch newspaper, 19-
year-old Demetrius Braxton, the
other boy who was with King, said
police asked them to get down but
King ran before being shot.
Braxton also admitted the boys
committed the robbery.
"I didn't think a cop would
shoot. Why didn’t they tase
him?" Braxton told the
newspaper.
Police has not officially identified
Braxton as the other boy who was
with King. It only said it had
questioned the other male, who
was later released
King was taken to a children's
hospital, where he was
pronounced dead. He played
several sports, including football,
and was in the young scholars
program at school, according to
Sean Walton, the lawyer for his
family.
Police records show that in 2012,
officer Mason, a nine-year veteran
of the force shot and killed a man
who was holding another person at
gunpoint. Columbus Dispatch said
investigators cleared him. Mason
has been sent on leave while the
shooting is investigated.
At a news conference, Police Chief
Kim Jacobs displayed a photo of the
BB gun like the one Tyre had.
"Our officers carry a gun that
looks practically identical to
this weapon," she said. " As
you can see, it looks like a
firearm that could kill you."
Mayor Andrew Ginther has called
for the community to come
together and questioned why an
eight-grader would have a replica
of a police firearm.
"There is something wrong
in this country, and it is
bringing its epidemic to our
city streets," Ginther said on
Thursday. "And a 13-year-old
id dead in the city of
Columbus because of our
obsession with guns and
violence."