Crime Police in Ohio release body camera video showing officer fatally shooting pregnant woman Ta'Kiya Young

[The Helper]

Police in Blendon Township, Ohio, released body camera video on Friday showing an officer fatally shooting a woman who allegedly accelerated her car towards the officer after she was accused of stealing from a grocery store.

Ta'Kiya Young, 21, of Columbus was seven months pregnant when she died in the Aug. 24 shooting, her family said.

Blendon Township police officers were in a Kroger's parking lot assisting a driver who was locked out of her car when a store employee told one of the officers that someone who had allegedly stolen bottles of alcohol was fleeing, Police Chief John Belton said in a statement after the shooting.

The newly released body camera footage reviewed by ABC News shows Young parked in front of the store refusing to leave the vehicle despite repeated orders from police. One officer was on the driver's side while the other was directly in front of the vehicle.

Video Bodycam footage released in Ohio police shooting of pregnant woman

ABC News contributor Bernarda Villalona talks about the death of 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young.

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Police in Ohio release body camera video showing officer fatally shooting pregnant woman Ta'Kiya Young

Blendon Township police released video showing one of its officers fatally shooting a woman who accelerated her car towards the officer after allegedly stealing.

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[jonas]

Why do we need to shoot someone over stealing some food?

With her license plate you could've just let her go and traced her. Why the first response needs to be a bullet?