Police
Tamir Rice’s Death Ruled A Homicide
In a newly released autopsy, the death of Cleveland 12-year-old Tamir Rice who was fatally shot by police, has been ruled a homicide
In a newly released autopsy, the death of Cleveland 12-year-old Tamir Rice who was fatally shot by police, has been ruled a homicide according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office.
Tamir Rice, was shot on Nov. 22nd by Cleveland police, after police responded to a 911 call of a suspect waving a handgun around a Cleveland park.
When officers arrived on the scene, within seconds they fired shots at the 12-year-old. The weapon would later turn out to be toy gun. Rice died the next day.
The autopsy report said that Rice sustained a single wound to the left side of his abdomen that traveled from front to back and lodged in his pelvis.
Read the full autopsy report here
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