Family seeks answers after teen holding toy gun shot by police

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Published 2024-04-13
The family of an Ohio 15-year-old shot by police while holding what turned out to be a fake gun is demanding justice.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Hubgrass
    Ma'am, your son should perhaps not walk around pointing a gun at people's homes and at cops.
  • @KevinStDenis1
    Answers? Ask the family why they didn’t teach their son not to walk around the neighborhood with a real looking gun!
  • I have no pity on this family. That teenager knew better. Stop playing the race card when it wasn't racial.
  • @janesevy4372
    The parents need to be held accountable for stupid parenting.
  • @bluefathoms3236
    I think the parents sent their own kid out with the fake gun for this outcome to try to get paid!
  • Look, regarding a 15 yr old boy pulling what looks like a REAL gun,and the parents say, they need justice?? Please. That 15 yr old “baby “ looked like a freaking threat to the neighborhood!! Parents… YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR your son’s situation and you are just DAMN lucky the officer only shot his hand and NOT HIS HEAD OR CHEST!!! Black lives do matter, So please teach your son to NOT hold a gun, toy or not , in public! He could have been killed!!! It would have been the parents stupidity if he had been killed! They should be telling that officer THANK YOU for being careful and NOT KILLING your child of 15 yrs!
  • Mom, you failed. YOU didn't teach your child not to walk around with a fake gun.
  • @Mozokuni
    Parents seek answers? I have an answer for them. He was pointing a fake gun at peoples houses. Maybe the question they should find an answer to is why he was pointing a fake gun at peoples houses.
  • We’ll what the hell is he doing walking around with a fake gun in the first place.? I mean really. These people look for stuff like this to happen. The police needs to be held accountable? When are you people going to start being held accountable for your crap?Always playing the victim.
  • @RodneySlinger
    The teen should face charges. He put people's lives in danger.
  • @judithmarin9100
    How was the police going to know it was a fake gun, it's definitely the kids fault for walking around scarring people.
  • @SplxshNR
    that mother is absolutely delusional at this moment
  • @SC2point0
    So who should be held accountable for the kid walking around with a fake gun and allegedly pointing it at people's houses? What an unbelievably dumb thing to do, especially in this day and age with several states allowing constitutional carry. Tough to take a chance and trust that the gun is fake. I understand there are some bad cops, but it really seems like an impossible job sometimes.
  • @plaidzebra5526
    1:35 I'm all for holding police accountable when it calls for it, but what about the accountability of your son holding up a toy gun on a public sidewalk. Without an orange tip at the end, makes it look pretty real to me.
  • @tlcooper2.0
    Typical "momma". Holding a press conference and not a tear in sight.