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One week after a 15-year-old was shot by an Akron police officer, the city has released body camera footage of the incident and the officer's personnel file.

“In an effort to be as transparent as possible, we are releasing both the body camera footage showing the officer’s entire interaction with the adolescent who was shot, and the officer’s personnel file,” said Akron Mayor Shammas Malik in a statement. “We will continue to be transparent and communicative as the process unfolds."

According to a release from the Akron Police Department, the incident on April 1 occurred in the Goodyear Heights neighborhood, with a woman calling authorities and claiming the teen was pointing a gun at homes near the intersection of Tonawanda Avenue and Newton Street.

Police officials say the officer located the suspect several blocks away in the area of Brittain Road and Ottawa Avenue, firing a single bullet that struck the boy outside of a home.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) will handle the inquiry of the matter, with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and a Summit County grand jury eventually tasked with the final review. Akron's Office of Professional Standards and Accountability will also conduct its own investigation.

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