CLEVELAND — The mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by a Cleveland police officer, responded to comments made by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty in an exclusive interview with WKYC Channel 3’s Hilary Golston. Prosecutor Tim McGinty called Samaria Rice’s motives “economic” in nature, while responding to a question Golston asked […]

The prosecutor overseeing the case of Tamir Rice was blasted for comments he made that suggest the grieving mother of the slain boy has "economic motives."

CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty questioned the motives of the family — and their attorneys — who lost a 12-year-old boy to a police shooting in Cleveland, characterizing their intentions as “economic” in nature. McGinty received an onslaught of questions Thursday night from the community after giving a speech at a Fairview Park […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Multiple sources confirm to the FOX 8 I-TEAM that a grand jury has started hearing testimony in the Tamir Rice case. We’ve learned witnesses, including police and  sheriff detectives, have gone before the grand jury since at least last week. This case has drawn national attention since last November. Cleveland police shot […]

While nearly 1,000 people have been killed by police this year alone, it’s hard to know if that number is accurate — local police departments are on a voluntary self-reporting basis that doesn’t mandate them to send data to the FBI for recording. It may be because of that ineffective system that Tamir Rice and Eric Garner — […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Nearly one year after the death of Tamir Rice, his mother Samaria and her lawyers are calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed to the case. Tamir was holding an airsoft pellet gun when he was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer on November 22, 2014 outside Cudell Rec Center. “It’s been almost a year now of […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Tamir Rice‘s paternal grandmother agreed to sit down with the CBS Evening News Monday for her first television interview since Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty released three expert reports saying the fatal shooting of the 12-year-old was “reasonable.” Mildretta Warner-Davis is the mother of Leonard Warner. Meantime, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is expressing support for the Rice family. Clinton […]

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Two reports commissioned by Cuyahoga County, Ohio prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty found that police officer Timothy Loehmann fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice was “reasonable,”…

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – It’s been ten months since the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. In her first local in-depth interview, Tamir’s mother, Samaria Rice sat down with Cleveland 19’s Romona Robinson to talk about her son, who she affectionately called Mir Mir. Tamir was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer Nov. 22, 2014. Cleveland Police Officer Timothy […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Attorneys for the family of Tamir Rice sent a letter to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty Thursday, asking for aggravated murder charges to be filed against Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann. CLICK HERE TO READ THE LETTER On November 22, 2014, Tamir was shot by Officer Loehmann after police received a […]

CLEVELAND- Activists calling for charges against the two Cleveland police officer involved in the death of Tamir Rice delivered a petition to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday. The demonstrators marched from the Free Stamp at Willard Park to the Cuyahoga County Justice Center. Eight months ago, Cleveland police were called to the Cudell […]