A heartbreaking incident has come to light in America. An American officer shot a teenager who tried to scare the police by showing a toy, thinking him to be a robber. After the death of the teenager, what the police thought was a pistol turned out to be a toy. There has been a stir after the death of a 13-year-old boy from a police bullet.
New York: A very shocking incident has happened in America, in which the police shot and killed a teenager for showing a toy. The incident happened in New York, where in a video released late Saturday night, a police officer is seen shooting a 13-year-old teenager. While the teenager had shown a toy to scare the police. But the police thought that it was a gun. Due to this, the officer shot the teenager thinking him to be a robber. Later the teenager was taken to the hospital, where he died.
Police said that about 400 km northwest of Manhattan, police had stopped two teenagers in connection with a robbery investigation at 10 pm on Friday, after which one teenager was shot dead by the officers. Police said that the description of both the teenagers aged 13 was matching the suspects of a robbery incident and they were in the same area on the day of the robbery. In the ‘body camera’ footage released by the police, an officer can be heard saying that he would have to search these two teenagers to see if they have any weapons.
The teenager started running to escape from the police
To escape from the police, one of the teenagers starts running. In the video, a teenager named Nyah Way can be seen pointing a pistol at the officers chasing him. Police said that the officers thought it was a pistol but later it was found that it was a toy. After this the police threw the teenager on the ground and an officer fired a bullet which hit his chest. He was taken to the hospital, where he died. (source-indiatv)
