Akron Releases Official Video Of 15 Yr Old Shot And Killed By Police [VIDEO]

Around 11:00 pm on Thanksgiving Evening 15 year old Jazmir Tucker, was reportedly shot and killed by Akron police.

According to initial reports Akron police say a pair of patrol officers were parked inside their cruiser that evening working on a report from an unrelated call when they heard gunshots nearby at East Avenue and Vernon Odom Boulevard.  The officers got out of their patrol car and encountered a male, later identified as 15 year old, North High School student, Jazmir Tucker who allegedly had a loaded firearm, that’s when one of the officers, a nearly five-year veteran of the police department, discharged his weapon, striking the Jazmir Tucker who was later taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The city of Akron has released police body/dash camera footage connected to the deadly police shooting of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker.

The muzzle flash of the officer’s weapon can be seen, the moments leading up to and during the shooting, of Jazmir Tucker, audio cannot be heard due to what police describe as “buffering” that muted the audio. Officers can also be heard yelling at Tucker to “put your hands out to your sides” for several minutes following the shooting.

See videos below (waring the following video is disturbing in nature)