• On November 22, Tamir Rice, 12, was shot and killed by Cleveland police.
• Rice was seen playing outside at the Cudell Recreation Center Park with a toy gun when a man in the park called the police.
• The dispatch call reported a man pointing a gun in the park.
• The caller reporting Rice told dispatchers twice that the suspect was probably a kid and that his gun was probably fake. This information was never relayed to the responding officers.
• Rice’s gun was missing the orange tip that should be on all toy guns.
• Two officers arrived on the scene as Rice walked out of the gazebo he is sitting in.
• The police officer, Timothy Leohmann, shot Rice within 2 seconds of encountering him.
• First aid was not administered to Rice until about 4 minutes later, when a FBI agent working nearby arrived on the scene.
• Rice died on November 23.
• The officers’ actions are being investigated, according to the spokesman of Mayor Frank Jackson. Both are on administrative leave.
• The video of the shooting was made public by request of Rice’s family.
• The tragedy has only added fuel to the fiery debates about racial profiling and police brutality.

Sources: CNN News, Cleveland.com