35 minutes of chaos colored fatal shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant
35 minutes of chaos colored fatal shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A chaotic 911 call. An officer’s nearly nine-minute, non-emergency response without lights or sirens. A convulsive 11 seconds of violence ending in the death of an Ohio teen. A historic verdict being broadcast in the police cruiser. A routine day in a quiet Columbus neighborhood was shattered instantly Tuesday when a police officer fired four shots at 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant as she swung a knife at a young woman. “She was just a kid!” a man shouts within a second of Bryant falling to the ground.
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