Partner Of Cop Who Shot Tamir Rice 'I Didn't Know It Was A Kid'
CLEVELAND (AP) - The partner of a Cleveland officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice recalls pleading for a faster response from medics as the wounded boy's condition worsened.
Cleveland.com reports the newly public recorded police interviews were done within days of the November 2014 death of Rice, who'd been playing with a pellet gun.
In one video, Officer Frank Garmback chokes up as he describes spotting the suspect with an apparent handgun before his partner fired. Garmback pauses, puts his hands over his face, then says quietly: "I didn't know it was a kid."
Their police union says the officers did nothing wrong.
A grand jury declined to indict them, but they face administrative charges not directly related to the shooting.
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