Newly released body camera footage from the Blendon Township Police Department shows two police officers in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, approach and try to detain Ta’Kiya Young, a pregnant 21-year-old, before one of the officers shoots Young, who was pronounced dead after the incident. #TaKiyaYoung
The video begins with two officers assisting a citizen who has locked their keys inside their car before a Kroger employee informs them that a woman in a nearby car, Young, allegedly stole items from the store.
The officers approach Young’s car—with one officer beside the driver’s window and another standing directly in front of the car, and yell at her to exit the vehicle.
Young does not exit the car, but appears to try and drive away to the right of the officer who is standing in front of her car.
The officer then draws his weapon, fires a shot into the windshield and the video shows the car roll onto a sidewalk beside the Kroger, with Young slumped over the wheel.
Young was later pronounced dead at the hospital, and her fetus did not survive.
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