Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation Opens Probe into UPD Officer-Involved Shooting of 13-Year-Old Boy | Crime

UTICA, N.Y. — The New York Legal professional Common’s Workplace of Particular Investigation has launched a probe into the loss of life of 13-year-old Nyah Mway of Utica.

The teenager was fatally shot by a Utica police officer on Friday evening.

Group members voiced their anger and frustration at a press convention following a deadly officer-involved capturing of a 13-year-old in Utica Friday evening.

“Within the early morning hours of June 29, UPD officers approached 13-year-old Nyah Mway, who reportedly displayed what seemed to be a handgun. A battle ensued, throughout which an officer fired his service weapon, putting Mway. Mway was transported to a neighborhood hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless. Officers recovered a BB gun on the scene,” the Legal professional Common’s Workplace acknowledged in a launch.

UPD has launched the next up to date info on Fb. (See the publish beneath.)

On Saturday evening, a vigil was held on Shaw Avenue, the place the capturing occurred.

A video from the hour-and-a-half vigil is beneath.

Viewer discretion is suggested as this was a reside occasion and feedback from the gang could be heard.