Police said that the girl shot was a “female with a knife trying to stab” another person when the officer fired. An officer asks, “With a knife?” The woman in pink responds, “Yeah, so he got her.” “She came after me,” the woman in pink tells an officer in a newly released body cam video. Here’s video of the press conference, which contains the 911 calls and additional body cam video. We need a police officer here now.”īryant’s family has claimed that Bryant herself called police, but police said they couldn’t confirm or deny that. “Get here now!” a female says, telling the dispatcher, “We got…girls here trying to fight us, trying to stab us, trying to put her hands on our grandma. In the first 911 call, you can hear chaos in the background. “Officers attempted life-saving measures almost immediately after the shots were fired,” said Woods. Local leaders pledged a transparent investigation on Wednesday and promised… The bodycam video is played shortly thereafter.Ĭolumbus, Ohio Police Release 911 Call From Ma'Khia Bryant Knife Attack The fatal police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant, a Black teenager seen on video charging at two people with a knife, came within minutes of the verdict in George Floyd's killing – causing outrage by some over the continued use of lethal force by Columbus police. The press conference starts at about 5 minutes into the below video. He added that the information being shared did not include anything from interviews with witnesses or officers conducted by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. “Normally we don’t provide information this soon, but we understand the public’s need, desire and expectation to have transparency upon what happened,” Woods said. Woods said the video was from the first officer who arrived on the scene and ultimately shot Bryant. The video was played during a police press conference with Columbus Interim Chief of Police Michael Woods only a few hours after the shooting as police attempted to quell growing protests. In new video, Makhia Bryant can be heard screaming “I’m gonna stab the fuck out of you, bitch,” while lunging at two unarmed people who were posing no imminent physical threat to her

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