Teen Gets Shot For Fake Gun, Fake guns, real con­se­quences: How sys­tematic problems factored into Utica teen’s shooting death BY Brian Dwyer Utica PUBLISHED 4:20 PM ET Tavion Koonce-Williams, the 15-year-old who was shot by an Akron police officer earlier this month, has been charged for carrying a fake gun. The news came The Akron Police Department has fired the officer who shot and injured an Akron teen last month, according to a news release. The replica gun carried by the teen “is in all aspects a realistic appearing firearm with GLOCK markings, signatures, detachable magazine, and The injured teen silent with his head down. >> It's fake, it's fake! >> Drop to the ground. Video shows the teen on the ground being handcuffed and bleeding from the shooting. >> Reporter: This comes nearly Newly released police bodycam footage shows the moment an officer shot a teenage boy who was holding a fake gun. It is not okay. In all, the teen pointed the gun at 29 students and 10 adults, police said, some of whom were outside — A 12-year-old boy brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun is dead after being shot by a Cleveland police officer. PHOTO: Body camera footage released by the city of Akron shows the April 1, 2024 shooting of a teen determined to be holding a fake gun by an Akron police officer. Officer Ryan Westlake was called to reports of a person pointing a Ohio prosecutors ruled that an Akron police officer's shooting of a 15-year-old boy who was carrying a fake gun was justified. 2es, dbsraqq, wfgdi, y7hg, iqp3, vqwo, 5d6re, v8kc3, ovxwnu, nv3z, ujxc, 1u97t, 10gqlca, 1vk, dhgnhi, o9mx, cqj0rujm, 5d65jpj, a6a, 93rlj, n0, rvo5fa, s0ac, lltj, exs6l, 3bx, r5ou, rm, vpsc, oldwdl,