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 Police in Columbus, Ohio, were investigating how a 13-year-old boy wanted for questioning Wednesday night in an armed robbery ended up fatally shot by an officer. The child — later identified by Columbus police as Tyre King — had "pulled a gun from his waistband" when officers attempted to take him and another male into custody, the Columbus Division of Police said in a statement. The weapon recovered from the scene was determined to be a BB gun with an attached laser sight, Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs said at a news conference Thursday morning. Play Facebook 
 
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 Police were first called to a report of a group of people — including one armed with a gun — demanding money at 7:42 p.m. A person on the call identified as the victim of the robbery said the alleged holdup was over $10. Police said the officers saw three males matching the descriptions of the suspects and tried to speak with them, when two of the suspects fled on foot. However, when they attempted to speak with them, two of the males ran away, police said in a statement. "Officers followed the males to the alley ... and attempted to take them into custody when one suspect pulled a gun from his waistband," police said in a statement early Thursday. Police said officers were responding to a report of an armed robbery involving multiple suspects. “Our goal and our expectation is for those to start to be deployed by the beginning of next year.” 
 
 The shooting and robbery are still under investigation. “One officer shot and struck the suspect multiple times.” 
 
 King was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:22 p.m. No one else was injured. The male with King was identified, interviewed and released pending further investigation. As with all police-involved shootings, the officers will receive “mandated psychological support counseling” and be given the opportunity to “take leave time to assist in recovery from a traumatic experience,” according to the Columbus Division of Police. "The Columbus Police Department has a history of investigating itself following these officer involved shootings and we believe that these investigations are inherently biased," attorney Chanda L. Brown said. "The best thing that the City of Columbus could do to ease the minds and fears of its citizens is to step aside and let an independent party investigate the matter."  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio responding to a report of an armed robbery shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who they said pulled a gun from his waistband that was later determined to be a BB gun. Courtesy of Walton and Brown, LLP 
 
 Jacobs said investigators are expected to pass their review of the latest case onto a prosecutor and grand jury, which would determine whether any criminal charges are warranted against the officers involved. Police also did not immediately say whether the officers involved were wearing body cameras. Last month, 30 Columbus cops began testing body-worn cameras and the department is expected to fully implement the devices by the end of the year, WCMH reported. Authorities identified the teenager as Tyre King, an 8th grader at Linden-McKinley STEM Academy. The family of King retained Walton + Brown, LLP, a Columbus based civil rights law firm to “ensure that the investigation into his tragic death is conducted in a manner that ensures fairness and truth.” 
 
 In a statement, attorney Chanda L. Brown said in a statement: 
 
 The family is obviously distraught by the murder of Tyre. He was active in football, soccer, hockey, and gymnastics." “I will not let an officer out on the street to perform their job if I don’t trust them to be capable of doing so,” Jacobs said. “It is a technology we believe can really help continue to improve and increase safety here in Columbus, and that’s why it’s such a high priority for us,” said Mayor Ginther. An attorney representing King’s family urged the public not to rush to judgment. "We do not know what he did or did not do. There are allegations that have been made regarding his actions, and those allegations cannot be taken as factual until a thorough, unbiased investigation has taken place," attorney Sean L. Walton said. “We as a community need to come to grips with the fact, with such easy access to guns, whether they’re firearms or replicas, there’s something wrong in this country and it’s bringing its epidemic to our city streets.” 
 
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 According to police, the officer who fired the shots is Brian Mason, a nine-year veteran of the force who just recently transferred to the zone where Wednesday night’s shooting happened.
– A police officer fatally shot a 13-year-old boy carrying a BB gun after he ran from officers in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, authorities say. Officers were investigating an armed robbery—in which the victim said a group of people, one of whom had a gun, had demanded money from him—when they saw three males matching the descriptions of the suspects about a block away, reports the AP. As officers approached them, two suspects took off running, police say. "Officers followed the males to the alley ... and attempted to take them into custody when one suspect pulled a gun from his waistband," police say. "One officer shot and struck the suspect multiple times." Tyree King, 13—whom police later determined was carrying a BB gun with an attached laser sight—was rushed to a children's hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:22pm, reports NBC News. WCMH identifies the officer who shot King as a nine-year veteran of the force who had just been transferred to the zone where the shooting occurred. No one else was injured. The male suspect with Tyree was interviewed by police and released. Officers say they are still looking for other robbery suspects.