57°F
weather icon Rain
Las Vegas, NV
Nation and World

Sheriff might investigate Cleveland shooting of black 12-year-old

Samaria Rice (L), the mother of Tamir Rice, the 12-year old boy who was fatally shot by police last month while carrying what turned out to be a replica toy gun, speaks alongside the father of Tamir, Leonard Warner, during a news conference at the Olivet Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio December 8, 2014. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk
Carletta Goodwin, teacher of Tamir Rice, speaks at his funeral in Cleveland, Ohio December 3, 2014. Rice had an Airsoft-type replica gun that resembles a semiautomatic pistol and was fatally shot by a patrol officer after a 911 call reported someone pointing a gun at people at the Cudell Recreation Center. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk
A mourner reads the obituary from the program during the funeral service for Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Ohio December 3, 2014. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk
Samaria Rice (C), the mother of Tamir Rice, the 12-year old boy who was fatally shot by police last month while carrying what turned out to be a replica toy gun, speaks surrounded by Benjamin Crump (L), Leonard Warner (2nd R) and Walter Madison (R) during a news conference at the Olivet Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio December 8, 2014. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk
Al Sharpton marches with family members of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin to Capitol Hill in a protest against police violence organized by the National Action Network in Washington December 13, 2014. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
(L-R) Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown, Rev. Al Sharpton, Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, and Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, lead the national Justice For All march against police violence, in Washington December 13, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
More Stories
Coffee beans are prepared at a farm in Braganca Paulista, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Pho ...
Will Brazilian coffee, beef and tropical fruit still be tariffed?
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Air Force One on his way to his Mar-a-Lago estate ...
Justice Department quietly replaced ‘identical’ Trump signatures on recent pardons
Cleto Escobedo III (Getty Images)
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ band leader Cleto Escobedo’s cause of death revealed
Mega Millions Lottery play slips are displayed for customers at a convenience store in Chicago, ...
Winning ticket for $980M Mega Millions jackpot sold in Georgia
REUTERS
January 1, 2015 - 10:33 pm
 

The investigation into the shooting death of a black 12-year-old boy by a white Cleveland police officer could be taken over by an outside agency, a media report said.

Cleveland city officials have been in talks to hand their investigation into the Nov. 22 shooting of Tamir Rice over to the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department, the Northeast Ohio Media Group reported on Wednesday.

Activists and attorneys for Rice’s family have called for an independent investigation of the shooting.

Rice, a sixth-grader, was shot by a police officer responding to a call of a suspect brandishing a handgun in a park. The weapon turned out to be a replica that typically shoots plastic pellets.

A coroner’s report ruled the death a homicide. Spokesmen for the sheriff and Cleveland’s city hall did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The Rice shooting came at a time of heightened scrutiny over use of force by U.S. police. Cleveland’s police force has been under a U.S. Department of Justice investigation, which found last month that the department systematically engages in excessive use of force.

MOST READ
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.
THE LATEST
Coffee beans are prepared at a farm in Braganca Paulista, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Pho ...
Will Brazilian coffee, beef and tropical fruit still be tariffed?
By Elénore Hughes Associated Press

Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said Saturday that Brazilian exported goods to the U.S. including coffee, beef and tropical fruits would still be tariffed 40%, despite President Donald Trump’s decision to remove some import taxes.

Cleto Escobedo III (Getty Images)
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ band leader Cleto Escobedo’s cause of death revealed
By AnnaMarie Houlis Parade

Jimmy Kimmel’s lifelong friend and the band leader of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Cleto Escobedo III, passed away on Tuesday, November 11, at just 59 years old. Condolences poured in for Kimmel throughout the week, and Escobedo’s cause of death has now been revealed.

This image provided by PepsiCo shows from left, shows original Doritos Nacho cheese chips next ...
Doritos and Cheetos dialing back the bright orange
By Dee-Ann Durbin Associated Press

Doritos and Cheetos are getting a makeover. PepsiCo said Thursday it’s launching toned-down versions of its bright orange snacks that won’t have any artificial colors or flavors.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks alongside Vice President JD Vance about the impact o ...
California revokes 17K commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants
By Josh Funk The Associated Press

California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said Wednesday.

President Donald Trump signs the funding bill to reopen the government, in the Oval Office of t ...
Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown
By Kevin Freking, Joey Cappelletti and Matt Brown Associated Press

President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 9, 20 ...
Epstein emails say Trump ‘knew about the girls’ and spent time with a victim
By Michael R. Sisak and Eric Tucker Associated Press

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications released Wednesday.

MORE STORIES