Prosecutors are expected to announce whether a white Columbia police officer will face charges in the killing of Joshua Ruffin.
RELATED: Black teens reflect on growing up in Tamir Rice's America
A Columbia police officer said Ruffin pointed a gun at him as he ran from questioning about nearby car break-ins in April. The police chief also promised to release body camera footage of the shooting of Ruffin, whose name has been chanted by protesters in Columbia angry over how police treat minorities.
» Subscribe to USA TODAY:
» Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY:
» USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR.
when did this happen?!
💩
It didn’t
April this pisses me off
Another troublemaker?
Why did 17 year old Joshua have a loaded gun and pull it on a cop? Why did he run from the cop? You have to be 18 to have a gun, you have to have a CWP to conceal carry, running from a cop is against the law, pulling a gun on a cop is against the law.
The video does not show him pointing the gun at the officer
Yes you are absolutely right
Conan
💀IM HAVING A GREAT YEAR ☠
2020 is a dumpster fire
@Oni Crystal Bluemoon 👈
The Terrible 20’s
They need to show the video if he had a gun it was a legal kill
I just saw the video he had a gun