Ohio authorities have released additional bodycam and store surveillance footage, offering more details in the death Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black mother fatally shot by police late last month
In this photo released by the Young Family via their family attorney, Ta'Kiya Young is pictured with her sons, Ja'Kobie, right, and Ja'Kenlie, left, in an undated photo. Young was shot and killed on Aug. 24, 2023, by Blendon Township police outside an Ohio supermarket. The 21-year-old was pregnant and due to give birth in November, according to her family.
Young's family members held a funeral for her on Thursday. They have called for the officer, whose name has not been released, to be fired and charged in her death. Earlier this week, police released bodycam footage showing the officer firing the gun. After viewing the footage, the family released a statement calling the officer's actions a “gross misuse of power and authority," especially given that Young had been accused of a relatively minor crime.
Sean Walton, the Young family's attorney, said earlier this week that his law firm had found a witness who stated that Young had put down the bottles before leaving the store, and therefore had committed no crime. Walton said Friday that he would comment on the new footage after fully reviewing it. The two officers then handcuff her as they try to stanch her gunshot wound, following police procedure. Young can be heard moaning as she slips from consciousness. The officers, with the help of an emergency room doctor who happened to be in the parking lot, continue medical aid until paramedics arrive. Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford has said that Ohio law prohibits the release of the officers' identities because they are being treated as assault victims.
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