Police: 16-year-old shot, killed by officers had modified, fully-automatic handgun

DAYTON — Dayton Police have released new information after a 16-year-old was shot and killed by Dayton officers over the weekend.

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Police Chief Kamran Afzal addressed the media about the shooting which took place on Saturday evening in the 500 block of Negley Place.

Officers responded to address a “vacant house/block party issue” in the middle of the street.

Body camera video showed officers arriving on the scene and attempting to talk to a person standing in the street. That person, later identified as a 16-year-old boy, then starts to run from the police.

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At the end of two body camera clips, the teen can be seen turning toward the police. Afzal said at that point, the person had a gun and pointed it at officers, prompting them to open fire. He was hit in the left shoulder and taken to the hospital where he died.

Afzal confirmed the person shot and killed was a 16-year-old boy. News Center 7 previously reported that it was a 15-year-old. He was identified by his family as Brian Moody.

As police said on Sunday, a Glock 17 with a loaded 30-round magazine was recovered from the scene near the teen. On Monday, Afzal said the weapon was modified and fully automatic.

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The two officers involved were not identified by name. Both have had 6 years of experience with Dayton Police. Both have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is conducting the investigation and the Dayton Police Profession Standards Bureau will do an internal review of the officer’s actions compared to policy.

As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, Robert Gresham the Moody family’s lawyer and is speaking on their behalf. He said Moody was a “good kid.”

“Brian was loved. He was a son. He was a brother. He was a good kid,” he said. “Again, he had no prior involvement with law enforcement.”

News Center 7′s John Bedell asked Gresham what Moody was doing with a fully automatic handgun.

“Well, I want to be clear: I don’t know that we verified, in fact, that he actually had one or that it was actually his weapon,” he said.

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