{"id":29318,"date":"2024-07-07T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=29318"},"modified":"2024-07-07T02:29:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T07:29:53","slug":"teen-killed-by-police-in-new-york-to-be-laid-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=29318","title":{"rendered":"Teen killed by police in New York to be laid to rest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">UTICA, N.Y. &#8212;&nbsp;A 13-year-old boy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/utica-police-shooting-nyah-mway-myanmar-835e5c29eed93dc109108f668323d9f4\">shot to death by police<\/a>&nbsp;in upstate New York after he pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at officers was laid to rest Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral for Nyah Mway in Utica, with mourners filling up the funeral home and extending out to the sidewalk to pay their respects, The Rome Daily Sentinel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.romesentinel.com\/news\/utica-nyah-mway-funeral-service-burial-shooting\/article_a91b5d84-3baa-11ef-90f9-77a28467cd58.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Videos&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uticakarencommunity\/videos\/1139458130687613\">shared on social media<\/a>&nbsp;show a solemn ceremony was then held at a local cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the city&#8217;s Karen ethnic minority community, a number of them wearing traditional clothing, laid flowers and wreaths while several Buddhist monks led the gathering in prayer as Mway&#8217;s white coffin was lowered into the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mourners also announced as the service concluded that they planned to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justicefornyah.com\/march-for-nyah\">hold a peaceful march<\/a>&nbsp;in the city next Saturday to seek justice for the teen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mway, whose family name is Nyah, was killed June 28 after Utica police say he ran from officers after being stopped on the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Body camera footage released by police shows officers scream \u201cgun!\u201d before one of them tackles Mway to the ground and punches him. Another officer opens fire as the two wrestle on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The teen was shot in the chest and died at the hospital. Police said they recovered a pellet gun resembling a Glock 17 from the scene of the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mway was a refugee born in Myanmar and a member of the Karen ethnic minority who had just graduated from middle school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">His relatives and other members of the local Karen community have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/utica-new-york-police-shooting-teen-killed-234d947f193da65b25b4a5d1ed2c2fce\">called for police to be held accountable<\/a>, as the boy was already subdued and on the ground when he was shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The state attorney general\u2019s office is investigating and the police officers involved have been placed on leave, as is protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/teen-killed-police-new-york-laid-rest-111714612\">abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTICA, N.Y. &#8212;&nbsp;A 13-year-old boy&nbsp;shot to death by police&nbsp;in upstate New York after he pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at officers was laid to rest Saturday. 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