Authorities: SC teen robbery suspect shot by police had realistic BB gun, officers justified

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 15-year-old South Carolina girl shot to death by police after a store robbery was holding a BB gun that looked like a 9 mm pistol, authorities said Wednesday, calling the officers’ actions justified. The state said it wouldn’t bring charges against the men.

Police: Teenage robbery suspect shot and killed by officers after she refused to drop gun

ROCK HILL, S.C. — A police chief said Friday he thinks officers were justified when they shot a 15-year-old girl suspected of robbing a store at gunpoint, comments that left the teen’s relatives expressing outrage as they planned her funeral.