Upstate NY teen fatally shot by police after allegedly flashing pellet gun
Shocking bodycam footage captured upstate New York police asking to pat down a 13-year-old boy moments before he ran off and
The blurry footage, taken from Patterson’s bodycam, then shows Mway pulling out what appeared to be a handgun before pointing “the weapon directly at Officer Patterson and the other officers,” according to police. Biden holed up at Camp David with first lady Jill, family to discuss campaign's future after debate disaster: reportPatterson then attempts to provide medical care to Mway, telling his fellow officers, “I don’t know if he shot me” as he tends to the teen’s gunshot wound.
Mway is Asian and a member of the Karen community, an ethnic group from Burma — with a large settlement in Minnesota and other parts of the US, including Utica, according to local media.
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