What's happening: Community members gathered at the scene into the night, some shouting "enough is enough" and asking about body-cam footage, according to local news reports.
- Mayor Andrew Ginther urged residents in a Twitter post "to remain calm" and allow investigators to "gather the facts."
Details: Law enforcement responded to reports of a disturbance about 4:45 p.m., police said.
- The Columbus Division of Police released bodycam footage during a Tuesday night news briefing they said indicated that a girl was trying to stab two people with a knife before she was shot.
- She was transported to a local hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
- Police did not name the officer involved in the shooting but said he had been "taken off the streets."
- Ginther said at the briefing, "We know based on this footage the officer took action to protect another young girl in our community."
For the record: Hazel Bryant, who identified herself to media as the teenager's aunt, said "her niece had a knife, but maintained that the girl dropped the knife before she was shot multiple times by a police officer," according to the Columbus Dispatch.
- Franklin County Children's Services told the New York Times the teenager "had been in foster care" when the shooting happened.
What they're saying: City of Columbus public safety director Ned Pettus said at the briefing that "no matter what the circumstances," a family was "in agony."
- "They deserve answers, our city deserves answers, I want answers," he added. "But fast, quick answers cannot come at the cost of accurate answers."
- Ben Crump, the attorney for the family of George Floyd, who was killed by Chauvin, tweeted: "As we breathed a collective sigh of relief today, a community in Columbus felt the sting of another police shooting. ... Another child lost! Another hashtag."
Editor's note: This article has been updated with more details from the briefing and comment from the Franklin County Children's Services.
