{"id":2074,"date":"2026-01-01T10:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duye.live\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:08:07","slug":"police-kill-makhia-bryant-16-who-attacked-2-with-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/duye.live\/?p=2074","title":{"rendered":"Police kill Ma\u2019Khia Bryant, 16, who attacked 2 with knife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fatal police shooting of Ma\u2019Khia Bryant, a Black teenager seen on video charging at two people with a knife, came within minutes of the verdict in George Floyd\u2019s killing \u2014 causing outrage by some over the continued use of lethal force by Columbus police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psaki Comments on Police Killing of 16-Year-Old Ma\u2019Khia Bryant in Colombus, Ohio\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KFeFU2P11_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials with the Columbus Division of Police released footage of the shooting Tuesday night just hours after it happened, a departure from protocol as the force faces immense scrutiny from the public following a series of recent high-profile police killings that have led to clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The girl was identified by Franklin County Children Services, which said in a release that the 16-year-old Bryant was under the care of the agency at the time of her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 10-second clip begins with the officer getting out of his car at a house where police had been dispatched after someone called 911 saying they were being physically threatened, Interim Police Chief Michael Woods said at the news conference. The officer takes a few steps toward a group of people in the driveway when Bryant starts swinging a knife wildly at another girl or woman, who falls backward. The officer shouts several times to get down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryant then charges at another girl or woman, who is pinned against a car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a few feet away, with people on either side of him, the officer fires four shots, and Bryant slumps to the ground. A black-handled blade similar to a kitchen knife or steak knife lies on the sidewalk next to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A man immediately yells at the officer, \u201cYou didn\u2019t have to shoot her! She\u2019s just a kid, man!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officer responds, \u201cShe had a knife. She just went at her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The race of the officer wasn\u2019t clear and he was taken off patrolling the streets for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryant was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. It remains unclear if anyone else was injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woods said state law allows police to use deadly force to protect themselves or others, and investigators will determine whether this shooting was such an instance. Ohio\u2019s Bureau of Criminal Investigation is now reviewing the killing following an agreement with the city last summer for all police shootings to be handled by the independent investigators under Attorney General Dave Yost\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther mourned the loss of the young victim but defended the officer\u2019s use of deadly force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know based on this footage the officer took action to protect another young girl in our community,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/duye.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-12-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/duye.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-12-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/duye.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-12-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/duye.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-12-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/duye.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-12.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fatal police shooting of Ma\u2019Khia Bryant, a Black teenager seen on video charging at two people with a knife, came within minutes of the verdict in George Floyd\u2019s killing &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-2074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2076,"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions\/2076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duye.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}