Police body camera video shows fatal shooting of DC teen

The U.S. Park Police released video showing the moment one of its officers shot and killed a teenager last month in Washington, D.C.

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Footage from the officers' body cameras, released by the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Park Police, show them attempting to remove Martin from the car at approximately 9:30 a.m. ET. The videos show an officer cutting plastic that was in place of the right backseat window and unlocking the door. The two U.S.

About a second later, the officer is seen in the video firing his weapon multiple times, with the bullets appearing to strike Martin in the back. The vehicle then crashes into a house on 36th Street NE. No one inside the home was injured from the crash. A handgun was recovered from inside the vehicle, police said.

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