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The police officer said he fired before Deon Kay dropped the gun, which was found about 100 feet from where it fell, Police Chief Peter Newsham said at a news conference, admitting that “it seems like a great distance to shoot a gun.” .
The teenager was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police arrested two suspects and recovered two firearms and a third suspect managed to escape, the official said.
Deon Kay was “a known member of a neighborhood gang” and had a “numerous” criminal record.
On Wednesday night, several dozen protesters protested in front of the neighborhood police station where the incident occurred to demand justice for what they see as a new action for the excessive use of force by the police.
“In the current climate, not just in Washington but across the country, disinformation can potentially lead to disruption in our city and that is the last thing we want,” said the police chief to justify the release of the images.
This case comes after months of protests in the United States against police brutality towards the black minority, whose main symbol is George Floyd, an African-American suffocated by the police in late May in Minneapolis.
MDR // LFS
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