12-year-old brandishing fake gun dies after being shot by Cleveland officer
Posted November 23, 2014 10:31 am.
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CLEVELAND (NEWS1130) – A 12-year-old boy brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun is dead after being shot by a Cleveland police officer.
An attorney for the family says the boy died early Sunday morning at a hospital.
The shooting happened Saturday after officers responded to reports of a male with a gun. A man who called the police emergency dispatcher said that a boy was at a recreation centre pointing a pistol that was “probably fake” and scaring everyone.
Police say the officer fired two shots after the boy pulled the fake weapon from his waistband. The orange safety indicator had been removed from the barrel.
Investigators say the boy did not point the fake pistol at officers but reached for it after being told to raise his hands.
