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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2016 file photo, a funeral service card bearing the likeness of Tyre King is carried by a mourner in Columbus, Ohio. The grandmother of the black 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a white police officer after a suspected robbery is suing that Ohio officer, his police chief and the city of Columbus. The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, on the second anniversary of King's death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Grandmother sues over police shooting of black 13-year-old

By KANTELE FRANKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2016 file photo, a funeral service card bearing the likeness of Tyre King, the 13-year-old Ohio boy who was fatally shot by Columbus police, is carried by a mourner in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio, police officer Bryan Mason shot King, after a suspected robbery last year feared a gunfight with the teen, who the officer said pulled a gun from his pants, records show. Mason fired when he saw a laser sight on the gun, which turned out to be a BB gun, Mason said in a formal statement and interview with detectives obtained by The Associated Press through a records request. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Columbus officer who shot 13-year-old boy feared gunfight

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE – This June 22, 2015, file photo provided by the Columbus, Ohio, Division of Police shows the division's official portrait of Columbus, Ohio, police officer Bryan Mason. A Franklin County grand jury voted Friday, May 19, 2017 not to indict officer Bryon Mason in the September 2016 shooting of Tyre King. Police say Mason shot the teen after he pulled a BB gun from his waistband during a foot pursuit. (Columbus Division of Police via AP, File)

Police probe, grand jury leave teen’s family ‘dissatisfied’

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FILE – This June 22, 2015, file photo provided by the Columbus, Ohio, Division of Police shows the division's official portrait of Columbus, Ohio, police officer Bryan Mason. A Franklin County grand jury voted Friday, May 19, 2017 not to indict officer Bryon Mason in the September 2016 shooting of Tyre King. Police say Mason shot the teen after he pulled a BB gun from his waistband during a foot pursuit. (Columbus Division of Police via AP, File)

Grand jury doesn’t indict officer for fatally shooting teen

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Judge Eileen Paley listens to Marcus Ross, attorney for Demetrius Braxton, as he appears on his client's behalf at Franklin County Municipal Court, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus police arrested Braxton on a robbery charge Saturday afternoon. Braxton is linked to the 13-year-old Tyre King who was shot fatally by Columbus police after an alleged robbery. Braxton had told The Columbus Dispatch that he was with King on Sept. 14 and that King had a BB gun that looked like a real firearm and wanted to rob someone for money. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Families of 2 blacks shot by Ohio police want outside review

By ANN SANNER - Associated Press