Tamir Rice: video shows boy, 12, shot 'seconds' after police confronted child Video released by Cleveland police on Wednesday shows that officers shot a 12-year-old boy in a park on Saturday "one-and-a-half to two seconds" after police drove into the park and confronted the child, deputy chief Edward Tomba said. Tamir Rice, who had been holding a pellet gun, died of his wounds the next day. He was killed after a 911 caller reported "a guy" in the park was pointing a "probably fake" gun at people. Police also released audio recordings of the 911 call from the park. One of the officers involved in the shooting, Timothy Loehmann, 26, had joined the police force in March. "Tim was new to the Cleveland division of police," Tomba said. He was working with Frank Garmack, 46, who had been with the force for six years. The low-resolution video, apparently footage from a nearby surveillance camera, shows Rice walking on a sidewalk and pulling a pistol-sized gun, later identified as an airsoft pellet gun missing an orange safety feature meant to signify that it is not a real firearm, out of his pants and playing with it. The boy, wearing a gray sweatshirt and hat, walks in and out of the frame, disappearing for minutes at a time, and at one point appears to pack and throw a snowball. Rice is shown standing next to a gazebo when a police cruiser suddenly arrives, driving across snow-covered grass to within feet of him. Rice can be seen moving the gun at his waist. Two officers get out of the car, guns drawn, and the boy falls, disappearing behind the cruiser hood. The video was released at the request of Rice's family, who had viewed it, police said. "This is not an effort to exonerate anyone," Tomba said. This is an obvious tragic event where a young member of our community lost their life. At an afternoon news conference, police also released audio recordings of a 911 call relating to the incident, a subsequent police dispatcher call and a call from officers after the shooting. In none of the calls is Rice identified as a probable minor. "Shots fired, male down, black male, maybe 20," said the officer who called in the incident. The confrontation began with a 911 call from Cudell Commons Park. "Hi, how are you?" the caller asks the 911 operator. He refers to Tamir Rice throughout as "a guy." I'm sitting in the park ... There's a guy here with a pistol pointing it at everybody," the caller says. The guy keeps pulling it in and out of his pants, it's probably fake but you know what, he's scaring the shit out of people. "Is he black or white?" the operator asked three times. "Black," says the caller. He's sitting on the swings now. But he's pulling it in and out of his pants and pointing it at people. Tomba was asked why the notion that the gun was "probably fake" was never communicated to the responding officers. "We need to get that information to that zone car," Tomba said. That is part of our investigation. The officers did not use a megaphone to warn the boy to drop the gun as they pulled up, Tomba said. "[Loehmann's] door was open as they pulled up and he yelled three times as they pulled up," the deputy chief said. Tomba was asked why the officers drove so close to the child before getting out. Garmack was the driver. "That's a legitimate question and we do have a process for that," Tomba said. "This case will continue to be investigated," Tomba said, adding that the findings would be turned over to the county prosecutor.