Police in Columbus, Ohio, said on Thursday that a 13-year-old boy was shot dead by an officer after he pulled out a BB gun that looked ‘practically identical’ to a police weapon. Tyre King, who is black, was shot multiple times by Bryan Mason, a white officer, during a confrontation with police on Wednesday, following reports of a robbery in the area, police saidBoy shot by police ‘had a BB gun practically identical’ to real weapon’

Source: The Guardian September 15, 2016 20:43 UTC