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Article: Cincinnati police kill black man wielding BB gun they thought was real; 17th shooting in past six years. (Law & Justice).
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- Jet
- Article date:
- December 17, 2001
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Cincinnati police recently shot and killed a 37-year-old Black armed robbery suspect in the Walnut Hills area of the city. The pistol he wielded turned out to be a BB gun that resembled a .45-caliber automatic.
This death marks the 17th Black male killed in the past six years at the hands of city police officers and the second since last April's riots, which were sparked by such deaths.
The suspect identified as William Duncan was shot in the chest and foot after he refused to drop his weapon that police officers reported they thought was real. Four officers, two White and two Black, fired 11 shots at Duncan who later died at University Hospital.