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Body camera video shows New York officer fatally shooting 13-year-old on ground
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Relatives of a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police in upstate New York were on Sunday planning to press local officials for accountability.
The state attorney general is investigating the shooting of Nyah Mway, who was shot by Utica police after they tackled him to the ground following a foot chase on Friday.
Late on Saturday, police released body camera video that showed an officer fatally shooting the boy who had been tackled to the ground after he ran from police and pointed a replica handgun at them.
The teen was killed a little after 10 p.m. Friday in Utica after officers in the city about 240 miles (400 kilometers) northwest of Manhattan stopped two youths in connection with an armed robbery investigation, police said.
The youths, both 13, matched the descriptions of the robbery suspects and were in the same area at around the same time the day after, police said.
One was also walking in the road, a violation of state traffic law.
The body camera video released by police captured an officer saying he needs to pat them down to ensure they don't have any weapons in their possession.
Immediately one of the two, identified by police as as Nyah Mway, runs away.
The officer who fired his gun was identified as Patrick Husnay, a six-year veteran of the agency.
Husnay and Officers Bryce Patterson and Andrew Citriniti were placed on administrative leave with pay.
Bystanders scream at the police throughout the recordings, and at one point an officer yells back: “We’re trying to save him right now!”
The other youth was detained in the back of a police vehicle and was not involved in the shooting.
During his “public safety statement,” a brief interview typically done in the aftermath of a police shooting to ensure there is no additional threat, Husnay said he fired one round “straight towards the ground.”
He did not know whether Nyah Mway had fired at the officers but said he thought the weapon was a 22-caliber handgun.
The police department released the body camera videos following a public outcry as the shooting roiled Utica, a city with a population of 65,000.
It is home to more than 4,200 people from Myanmar, according to The Center, a nonprofit that helps to resettle the refugees.
Nyah Mway, who local media reports said was an 8th grader at Donovan Middle School, was identified as a refugee born in Myanmar and a member of the Karen ethnic minority.
Karens are an ethnic minority among the groups warring with the military rulers of Myanmar, the Southeast Asian country formerly known as Burma.
The police department is conducting an internal investigation to see whether officers followed policies and training.