Teen shot by Akron police officer facing charge for carrying fake gun
· 20.04.2024 · 05:33:08 ··· ··· Saturday ·· 6 (6)
WKYC Channel 3 Tavion Koonce-Williams, the 15-year-old who was shot by an Akron police officer earlier this month, has been charged for carrying a fake gun at the time of his shooting.
According to Akron Police Department Capt. Michael Miller, Koonce-Williams faces a charge of "facsimile firearm," which is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
The announcement by Miller comes as the investigation into the shooting of Koonce-Williams by Officer Ryan Westlake continues.
The incident on April 1 in the Goodyear Heights neighborhood began with a woman calling authorities and claiming a teen was pointing a gun at homes near the intersection of Tonawanda Avenue and Newton Street. The teen, later identified as Koonce-Williams, was spotted by Officer Westlake near the intersection of Brittain Road and Ottawa Avenue.
Body camera video released a week after the shooting revealed that Westlake asked Koonce-Williams to see his hands as the officer was exiting his car. Then you hear a gunshot as the teen is struck in the hand.
Video shows the teen repeatedly shouts, “It’s fake! It’s fake!” Once on the ground with police around him, you can hear him saying, "It's a fake gun, I promise." He was taken to the hospital with a non-life threatening injury.
READ MORE: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/akron-police-officer-charged-carrying-fake-gun-tavion-koonce-williams-shot/95-0ab6b286-65e3-4d97-ad47-5b981d78b900
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