Ohio residents and online activists are raising concerns about the actions of local police and county prosecutors after the homicide of a 13-year-old Black child killed in Columbus nearly three months ago.
, a 17-year-old unarmed Black child in Florida who was killed in 2012 by a man who claimed self-defense and was ultimately not found guilty. Columbus police were called at about 5:45 p.m. Oct. 12 to an apartment complex on a report of a shooting. According to court records, an eyewitness saw Butler exit a red truck and fire multiple times at Reed.
Butler, another resident of the apartment complex, was initially charged with Reed's homicide and held on $1 million bond, but charges later were dropped pending the investigation.How advances in tech allowed Idaho police to unravel mysterious student killingsProsecutors filed a motion to dismiss the case in Franklin County Municipal Court after Butler's arrest. At the time, prosecutors said Butler alleged he had fired shots at Reed in self-defense.
Contacted by USA TODAY on Monday, the Franklin County Prosecutor's office said Columbus police are "in the process of investigating" Reed's death. "We continue to investigate the circumstances of Mr. Reed’s death with the help of outside entities and are still awaiting key forensic and ballistic evidence," the department said at the time.
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