CLEVELAND — A boy, 12, carrying a pellet gun that looked like a real firearm was ordered three times to show his hands before he was fatally shot by an officer, police said Wednesday as they released video of the shooting and identified the officers involved.
The boy was shot within two seconds of the cruiser pulling up next to him, according to the surveillance video, which is silent and shows the shooting in stuttering images.
Police said it was being released as requested by the family of the boy, Tamir Rice. They also released audio of a 911 call reporting a gun and a dispatcher directing officers to the scene.
“This is not an effort to exonerate. It’s not an effort to show the public that anybody did anything wrong,” said Deputy Chief Edward Tomba.
Police identified the responding officers as Timothy Loehmann, 26, who was appointed to the force this year and was identified as the officer who fired on Tamir, and Frank Garmback, 46, who’s been with the department since 2008.
