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Columbus Police Identifies Officer Who Fatally Shot 16-Year-Old Ma'Khia Bryant

Columbus Police Identifies Officer Who Fatally Shot 16-Year-Old Ma'Khia Bryant
In an image from police bodycam video, a teenage girl, foreground, appears to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio, on April 20, 2021. Columbus Police Department via WSYX-TV via AP
Mimi Nguyen Ly
Reporter
4/21/2021|Updated: 4/21/2021

The Columbus Division of Police in Ohio on Wednesday identified the officer who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl after she tried to stab two other females with a knife.

The officer is identified as Nicholas Reardon who has been with the division for one year. He has been taken off his Zone 2 Patrol assignment for the time being as the Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) conducts a review of the incident, following a recent agreement with the city.
Mimi Nguyen Ly
Mimi Nguyen Ly
Reporter
Mimi Nguyen Ly is a former reporter for The Epoch Times.
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