An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.

An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.

  • @[email protected]English
    125•5 months ago

    Hey I’ll give them some credit with that headline.

    Not “13-year-old killed in police shooting” or “a 13-year old died during a police interaction” etc. Nope, they fully went with “Police in New York shoot and kill 13-year-old.” Thank you, PBS.

    Also -

    The shooting happened Friday night after officers in Utica stopped two youths at around 10:18 p.m.

    One of them fled and pointed what appeared to be a handgun at the officers, according to a statement by the Utica Police Department.

    I’ll be interested to see when that footage is released and what it contains.

    • @[email protected]
      68•5 months ago

      The department said it is also aware of a video circulating on social media of the incident but warned that it does not portray the incident in its entirety.

      I have a feeling the officially released footage might also not portray the incident in its entirety…

      • @ripcord
        8•5 months ago

        If it shows a kid running and pointing what appeared to be a handgun, then that’ll be a pretty big part of the incident…

    • @NegativeInf
      20•5 months ago

      Watch it actually be 3 kids with Arizona Iced Teas and Skittles.