A 12-year-old boy with a replica gun was shot and killed by Cleveland police over the weekend.

Police authorities had received a report about a 911 call in which someone reported that a juvenile was scaring people with a gun that was “probably fake,” USA Today reports.



Officers arrived at the scene on Saturday and the boy, Tamir Rice, pulled the fake weapon. According to reports, he did not point the gun at the police or make any verbal threats. One of the policemen shot him twice in the torso. He died on Sunday at MetroHealth Medical Center.

In the aftermath of the incident, Jeff Follmer, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, said “the officers were not told the 911 caller thought the gun might be fake.”

Rice’s gun was an “airsoft”-type replica gun, a BB-gun type gun that looked like a semi-automatic pistol.

The case is currently under investigation.

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Posted: at 24-11-2014 06:58 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Sad. That's why we need 2 train our offspring a gud moral etiquette

Posted: at 24-11-2014 07:09 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Stupid police

Posted: at 24-11-2014 07:54 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Stupid police

my friend it's not the police ok, you kno how many police men and kids have lost their life in the past. why scaring people with a fake gun, tommorow he will pick up real gun and shoot!

Posted: at 24-11-2014 08:29 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

my friend it's not the police ok, you kno how many police men and kids have lost their life in the past. why scaring people with a fake gun, tommorow he will pick up real gun and shoot!

A 12yr old kid with a fake gun shot twice..come on

Posted: at 24-11-2014 08:46 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

SAD,,,,,,

Posted: at 24-11-2014 09:35 AM (9 years ago) | Hero

 

Posted: at 24-11-2014 09:42 AM (9 years ago) | Hero

Why was the boy not shot in the hand Or leg if the police felt he was a threat to them? Now that oyibo police av started behaving like Nigerian Police, I wonder where we are to run to

Posted: at 24-11-2014 10:47 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

shop better items for your children,,,,, never include gun - be it toy, semi toy or real.

Posted: at 24-11-2014 11:16 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

Wat ws e doin wit toy gun in d 1st place.? His Mother is to be blame

Posted: at 24-11-2014 11:30 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

A 12yr old kid with a fake gun shot twice..come on

What stopped the child from handing the gun over? He was practicing how he can kill many people later.

Posted: at 24-11-2014 12:01 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

policemen

Posted: at 24-11-2014 01:34 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

would he have been shot if he were white ? just asking...

Posted: at 24-11-2014 02:39 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

Rip

Posted: at 24-11-2014 04:35 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

Very Sad RIP

Posted: at 25-11-2014 12:09 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Because he's black these foolish cops would not be brought to book. #FailedSystem #StopRacism

Posted: at 26-11-2014 04:02 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Posted: at 27-11-2014 01:53 AM (9 years ago) | Hero

White vs black

Posted: at 19-08-2015 02:26 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

RIP IN BOY

Posted: at 2-09-2015 12:41 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

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