Article 6SRSE Body-cam shows Ohio police fatally shooting 15-year-old boy

Body-cam shows Ohio police fatally shooting 15-year-old boy

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Killing of Jazmir Tucker sparks outrage over quick use of assault rifle and delay in rendering aid to wounded boy

Police in Akron, Ohio, have released body-camera footage of the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy, in an incident the city's mayor called deeply troubling".

Video of the Thanksgiving night killing of Jazmir Tucker does not clearly show what led up to the shooting, but suggests that an officer quickly fired at the teenager upon encountering him, and that a group of officers waited seven minutes to approach the boy after he had been shot. The family's attorneys have said officers did not start rendering aid for 10 minutes.

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