Investigation ongoing into fatal police shooting of boy

The fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old Columbus boy who officers said pulled a BB gun from his waistband that looked like a real weapon will be investigated thoroughly to determine if charges are warranted.

In a killing with unavoidable echoes of the Tamir Rice case out of Cleveland, a Columbus officer responding to a report of a $10 armed robbery shot a young boy on Wednesday night after he pulled out a BB gun that looked "practically identical" to the weapon that police officers use, authorities said.