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    | OH: Fatal shooting of Black teenager ruled as homicide after white gunman claimed self-defense Submitted by: 
			
Mark A. Taff
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    | An autopsy report has determined that the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old Black boy by a white man in Columbus, Ohio, was a homicide.
 
 This information arrives months after the charges against the accused shooter, who claimed he shot the child in self-defense, were dropped.
 
 The report from the Franklin County coroner’s office released on Tuesday revealed that Sinzae Reed suffered two gunshot wounds, one to the chest and one to the hand, on 12 October, 2022. Homicide is one of five determinations used to determine the manner of a person’s death, and a coroner’s determination of homicide does not necessarily mean a crime has been committed.
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     jdege
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    | Yes? It was a homicide. If it was a murder, it was a homicide. If it was an accidental shooting, it was a homicide. If it was justified self-defense, it was a homicide. 
 That it was a homicide only means that someone was killed. Which we already knew. The coroner's finding has exactly nothing to do with whether the shooting was or wasn't justified.
 
 Do reporters not even know how to read, anymore?
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