Tamir Rice #7

            The death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was shot last month by a Cleveland police officer who authorities say mistook the child's air gun for a real firearm, has been ruled a homicide. The November 22 shooting outside a Cleveland recreation center is under investigation, and Tamir's family has filed a lawsuit against two officers and the city over his death.
           The homicide finding indicates that Tamir was killed by the police officer, rather than dying accidentally or by natural causes or by suicide.
           Rice was pointing a pellet gun at people outside the recreation center before he was shot, police say. A witness called 911 to say that a black male, "probably a juvenile", was pointing "a pistol" at people, but added twice that the gun was "probably" fake. Officer Timothy Loehmann shot Tamir, and the boy died the next day.