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China News Service, August 9. According to the Associated Press, on the evening of the 5th local time, the US police shot and killed a 17-year-old African-American boy. This move was questioned as another case of excessive police enforcement, which aroused the anger of local residents.

Baltimore Police Chief Richard Worley said at a press conference that the teenager who was shot in the case had "armed characteristics" and ran away when the police tried to contact him. The police then caught up with the teenager and had a brief fight. The three police officers opened fire after realizing that the teenager was carrying a gun. No police officer was injured in the case.

The police have not released details of the case, nor have the police's body camera footage in the case been released. The police refused to answer how many times the teenager was shot, whether he pointed a gun at the police, whether the teenager was shot from behind, or whether the police issued a verbal warning before opening fire.

"Not only did you kill him - you killed him indiscriminately," said local resident Bazemore. "You used a lot of force for no reason. He shouldn't have had a gun, but that doesn't mean you have the right to kill him."

Bazemore said he believes there is a double standard among law enforcement officials. In this case, he questioned whether police could have used a stun gun or other less-lethal restraint methods. "It's not right. It's not fair. We're talking about a child. He's a child."

Neighbors said the teen, who has not been publicly identified, was 17 and sometimes worked at a nearby convenience store.

The teenager's mother, Myricia Macon, said she was "devastated and saddened" that police had withheld key details of the events leading up to her son's killing. She said she, like the public, was kept in the dark about the case.

Police shootings in other U.S. cities in recent years have raised similar questions, with prosecutors, courts and the public considering when officers should use any necessary means to stop a fleeing suspect.

The Baltimore Police Department, which has come under public scrutiny following the 2015 death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man, while illegally detained, has implemented a series of reforms in recent years. Residents of the city's majority-African neighborhoods often complain that little has changed.

As previously reported, American police have long been criticized for violent law enforcement and racial discrimination. According to statistics from the American "Police Violence Map" website, 739 people have died in police enforcement since 2024.