New York police kill apparently armed teenager: video

A 13-year-old boy apparently brandishing a gun was shot dead by police in New York – and the violence was caught on camera.

The footage opens with three police officers running down a street after the teenager in the upstate city of Utica on Friday evening.

Officers caught up with the boy and wrestled him to the ground in a residential area. One officer can be seen standing over the boy outside a home and punching him as he lay on the lawn. There was a brief scuffle before one of the officers shot the boy.

As the chaos developed, neighbors were outside their homes filming the incident with their cell phone cameras. We hear them react with horror after the shot. One person shouted, “Oh my God! Yo! He just shot him!”

The teenager was rushed to hospital, where he died of his injuries.

In a statement posted to Facebook, Utica police officials said officers arrested two juveniles as part of an investigation. But the 13-year-old fled on foot and officers chased him when he appeared to pull out a gun, police said.

This led to a confrontation during which the officer discharged his weapon, killing the boy.