Ohio officer cleared in shooting of teenager Ma’Khia Bryant

Published March 11, 2022 3:36 pm

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio prosecutors have announced that a grand jury declined to charge the police officer who fatally shot 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant last year. Bryant was killed in April by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon as she swung a knife at another young woman. Bryant was Black and Reardon is white. Police were responding to a 911 call made from Bryant’s foster home about a group of girls threatening to stab members of the household. Bryant was shot four times and died from those injuries. Tim Merkle and Gary Shroyer were the special prosecutors on the case. They said Friday no charges were brought after a full review.

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