Footage of the Shooting of the Columbus Teen Makiyah Bryant by Police

The Columbus Police Department is under scrutiny by the community after the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Columbus teen named Makhia Bryant while responding to a call of a disturbance in a southeast neighborhood.

According to reports, Columbus Police Officers were called just after 4:30 p.m. by a woman saying that a group of women were trying to stab her in the 3100 block of Legion Lane, north of Chatterton Road.  Interim Chief of Police Michael Woods described the incident at a press conference as a female with a knife attempting to stab another person.  A second person was pushed against a vehicle, when the other female goes toward the female aginst the car the officer fired his gun reportedly four times.

** WARNING GRAPHIC:  Below is a video of the press conference that includes bodycam footage of the incident **

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is gathering evidence to execute a full investigation.  The officer who fired his gun is off of the streets pending a full investigation.

There are lots of videos and pictures from the scene including this video from a woman who is reportedly Makiyah Bryant’s aunt who shares her story before a crowd of media and onlookers.

** WARNING EXPLICIT LANGUAGE ** 

Story developing.

Bodycam Footage Released of the Fatal Shooting of the Columbus Teen by Police was originally published on mycolumbusmagic.com