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Ma'Khia Bryant's journey through foster care ended with an officer's bullet

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Ellen Barry and Will Wright
New York Times·
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Ma'Khia Bryant's journey through foster care ended with an officer's bullet
Ma'Khia Bryant's journey through foster care ended with an officer's bullet

The 16-year-old girl was fatally shot while threatening a young woman with a knife. She had spent two years shuttling among Ohio foster homes, hoping to return to her mother.

The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl's, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying.

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