Officers stopped two youngsters on Friday round 10 p.m. native time in Utica, a metropolis of 64,000 individuals in upstate New York situated about an hour’s drive from Syracuse, police stated. While the authorities have been questioning the teenagers, one in every of them fled, the assertion stated.
As he ran, police noticed what “gave the impression to be a handgun” pointed on the officers. One of the officers fired his gun and hit the teenager, described as an Asian male. He was delivered to Wynn Hospital the place he died from his wounds. Authorities haven’t but launched the names of the deceased 13-year-old or the officer who shot him till the subsequent of kin is notified.
Officers stated they discovered a duplicate Glock handgun with a removable journal following the capturing.
A social media video associated to the incident has been circulating on the web. Regarding the video, police stated “We are conscious of a video of the incident circulating on social media platforms, which doesn’t painting the incident in its entirety.”
Police stated they’re conducting an investigation following the capturing and stated they’ll launch objects associated to the capturing over the subsequent a number of days, together with a important incident transient and the bodycam.
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