. COLUMBUS, Ohio (NewsNation Now) ? Columbus Police said one person was killed in an officer-involved shooting on the east side of the city Tuesday afternoon.
One person was initially taken to Mount Carmel East hospital in critical condition, according to Columbus Police, and was pronounced dead at 5:21 p.m.
Family members on the scene identified the person killed as 16-year-old Makiyah Bryant.
Police said the initial call for a stabbing was received at approximately 4:30 p.m., with the shots fired call coming in at 4:45 p.m.
Columbus Police confirmed that it has requested the state?s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) respond to the scene. BCI is often tasked with investigating shootings involving police officers.
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther previously identified the victim as a young woman in a tweet Tuesday evening.
Ben Crump, who represented the Floyd family in their civil case against the city of Minneapolis, tweeted about the shooting saying ?As we breathed a collective sigh of relief today, a community in Columbus felt the sting of another police shooting.?
As we breathed a collective sigh of relief today, a community in Columbus felt the sting of another police shooting as @ColumbusPolice killed an unarmed 15yo Black girl named Makiyah Bryant. Another child lost! Another hashtag. ✊🏾🙏🏾#JusticeForMakiyahBryant
https://t.co/9ssR5gfqm5
? Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) April 21, 2021
A crowd had gathered Tuesday night at the scene on Legion Lane, which police had partially blocked off to traffic. Others gathered at the city?s police headquarters to protest, a week after officers pepper-sprayed a group that tried to enter the headquarters over the police killing of a man who had a gun in a hospital emergency room.
The shooting happened about 25 minutes before a judge read the verdict convicting former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the killing of Floyd.
Kimberly Shepherd, 50, who has lived in the neighborhood for 17 years, said she knew the victim.
?The neighborhood has definitely went through its changes, but nothing like this,? Shepherd said of the shooting. ?But this is the worst thing that has ever happened out here and unfortunately it is at the hands of police.?
Shepherd and her neighbor Jayme Jones, 51, had celebrated the guilty verdict of Chauvin. But things changed quickly, she said.
?We were happy about the verdict. But you couldn?t even enjoy that,? Shepherd said. ?Because as you?re getting one phone call that he was guilty, I?m getting the next phone call that this is happening in my neighborhood.?
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