CLIP: Tamir Rice waving toy gun before police arrive
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above depicts a police-involved shooting where a 12-year-old died. Please consider carefully before watching.
Cleveland police Wednesday released the surveillance video capturing the shooting of a 12-year-old Cleveland youth by police.
Tamir Rice was shot to death Saturday by Cleveland police, who responded to a call identifying someone "waving a gun" around outside Cudell Recreation Center.
Timothy Loehmann , 26, and Frank Garmback, 46 , were the officers involved in the shooting. Loehmann fired the fatal shot.
"Keep in mind, the incident involved a 12-year-old boy," Police Chief Calvin Williams said.
At first, Tamir's family didn't want to watch or have the video and audio released, but later changed their minds. Tamir's family and police agreed to release the video Wednesday afternoon.
The video shows Tamir sitting at a picnic table and getting up, pointing and waving a gun. Commander Ed Tomba said officers told Tamir three times to put his hands up through an open car door as they pulled up to the scene.
Faces were also blurred by the police department to protect witness identities.
The video is a "low-resolution" and "highly-compressed" digital recording obtained from a surveillance camera near the rec center.
That means the images — instead of appearing as real-time movement — appear in a "more jerking" and "time lapsed" motion.
Cleveland police Wednesday released the surveillance video capturing the shooting of a 12-year-old Cleveland youth by police.
Tamir Rice was shot to death Saturday by Cleveland police, who responded to a call identifying someone "waving a gun" around outside Cudell Recreation Center.
Timothy Loehmann , 26, and Frank Garmback, 46 , were the officers involved in the shooting. Loehmann fired the fatal shot.
"Keep in mind, the incident involved a 12-year-old boy," Police Chief Calvin Williams said.
At first, Tamir's family didn't want to watch or have the video and audio released, but later changed their minds. Tamir's family and police agreed to release the video Wednesday afternoon.
The video shows Tamir sitting at a picnic table and getting up, pointing and waving a gun. Commander Ed Tomba said officers told Tamir three times to put his hands up through an open car door as they pulled up to the scene.
Faces were also blurred by the police department to protect witness identities.
The video is a "low-resolution" and "highly-compressed" digital recording obtained from a surveillance camera near the rec center.
That means the images — instead of appearing as real-time movement — appear in a "more jerking" and "time lapsed" motion.
