Bodycam footage in police shooting of Nyah Mway, 13, released, showing frantic chase
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Shocking bodycam footage captured upstate New York police asking to pat down a 13-year-old boy moments before he ran off and allegedly flashed a pellet gun at cops β who fatally shot him.
Footage released by Utica Police shows the horrifying moments leading up to the death of Nyah Mway, who was stopped alongside a friend Friday night as part of a police investigation into recent armed robberies.
βCan I just pat you down to make sure youβve got no weapons on you?β Officer Bryce Patterson asks Mway in the bodycam footage, obtained by the Rome Sentinel.
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