Utica police release body cam footage of officer fatally shooting 13-year-old, Nyah Mway

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The Utica Police Department released the body camera footage of when an officer killed 13-year-old Nyah Mway of June 28.

The department sent multiple videos from different angles that showed the moment officers confronted Mway and another juvenile on the 900 block of Shaw St to when Mway fled from the officers that lead to an officer firing one round that resulted in the death of the 13-year-old.

Police said the Mway displayed what appeared to be a handgun and pointed it at the officers.

The officers involved have been identified.

The Utica Police Department wrote, the three Utica Police Officers assigned to the Crime Prevention Unit involved in last night’s incident are identified as Patrick Husnay, a six-year veteran of the Utica Police Department.

Officer Husnay is the officer that fired his duty weapon striking the juvenile.

Bryce Patterson, a four-year veteran, and Andrew Citriniti, a two-and-a-half-year veteran who previously served with the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office.

Officers recovered a replica GLOCK 17 Gen 5 handgun with a detachable magazine following the shooting.

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