<p>Police in Columbus, Ohio, shot a Black 16-year-old girl to death on Tuesday after confronting her while responding to a report of a person armed with a knife, according to the mayor, the youngster's family, and media.</p>.<p>The <em>Columbus Dispatch</em> reported a crowd of protesters had gathered near a home on the city's southeast side where the shooting occurred, just minutes before the guilty verdict was announced against the police officer charged with murdering George Floyd last year.</p>.<p>According to the newspaper, police involved in the shooting were answering an emergency-911 call reporting an attempted stabbing by a female suspect.</p>.<p>Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther confirmed the fatal shooting, saying on Twitter that "a young woman tragically lost her life."</p>.<p>The police officers involved had body-worn cameras and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) had opened an inquiry into the case, he said.</p>.<p>"We will share information that we can as soon as it becomes available," the mayor said on Twitter. "I'm asking residents to remain calm and allow BCI to gather the facts."</p>.<p>He did give any detail of the circumstances of the shooting. No information on the shooting was immediately made available by the city police department.</p>.<p>Family members have identified the girl killed in the shooting as Makiyah Bryant, aged 16.</p>.<p>A woman identified in the <em>Columbia Dispatch</em> account as the girl's aunt, Hazel Bryant, told the newspaper the teenager lived in a foster home and became involved in an altercation with someone at the residence.</p>.<p>She said her niece dropped a knife she was carrying before she was shot multiple times by a police officer, according to the <em>Columbia Dispatch</em>. Those details could not be independently verified.</p>
<p>Police in Columbus, Ohio, shot a Black 16-year-old girl to death on Tuesday after confronting her while responding to a report of a person armed with a knife, according to the mayor, the youngster's family, and media.</p>.<p>The <em>Columbus Dispatch</em> reported a crowd of protesters had gathered near a home on the city's southeast side where the shooting occurred, just minutes before the guilty verdict was announced against the police officer charged with murdering George Floyd last year.</p>.<p>According to the newspaper, police involved in the shooting were answering an emergency-911 call reporting an attempted stabbing by a female suspect.</p>.<p>Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther confirmed the fatal shooting, saying on Twitter that "a young woman tragically lost her life."</p>.<p>The police officers involved had body-worn cameras and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) had opened an inquiry into the case, he said.</p>.<p>"We will share information that we can as soon as it becomes available," the mayor said on Twitter. "I'm asking residents to remain calm and allow BCI to gather the facts."</p>.<p>He did give any detail of the circumstances of the shooting. No information on the shooting was immediately made available by the city police department.</p>.<p>Family members have identified the girl killed in the shooting as Makiyah Bryant, aged 16.</p>.<p>A woman identified in the <em>Columbia Dispatch</em> account as the girl's aunt, Hazel Bryant, told the newspaper the teenager lived in a foster home and became involved in an altercation with someone at the residence.</p>.<p>She said her niece dropped a knife she was carrying before she was shot multiple times by a police officer, according to the <em>Columbia Dispatch</em>. Those details could not be independently verified.</p>