The grandmother of the pregnant 21-year-old fatally shot by an Ohio police officer spoke out Wednesday following the release of the police body camera of the incident.
The Blendon Township Police Department in Ohio released the body cam footage showing the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Ta'Kiya Young, a pregnant shoplifting suspect, in a Kroger parking lot on Aug. 24, 2023.who was fatally shot by an Ohio police officer, spoke out Wednesday during a virtual press briefing following the release of the police body camera video of the incident.
Young was a potential shoplifting suspect when she was approached by police in a Kroger's parking lot, according to police. Body camera video shows Young refusing to leave the car despite orders from officers and one officer was on the driver's side while the other stood directly in front of the vehicle.
Family attorney Sean Walton Jr. criticized the officer who fired the fatal shot during the press briefing and claimed that he escalated the situation by immediately pulling his gun out. Steven Irwin, a press secretary for the Ohio Attorney General's Office, told ABC News that BCI's investigation into the incident remains "active and ongoing."
The video shows the officer on the driver's side telling Young that she was accused of stealing, which she denies.
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