An Ohio man freed last year after spending 39 years in jail for a murder he did not commit will receive over $1m (€923,050) from the state for his wrongful imprisonment, court records show.

The shooting dead of a 12-year-old boy by police in Cleveland, Ohio after brandishing what turned out to be a replica gun has sparked an investigation into his death and a call from State Rep Alicia Reece of Cincinnati to call for such weapons to be brightly coloured or bear special markings.

One of the three women held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade said she has been able to forgive her kidnapper and find peace in her life.

US police officers have been seen running into a Cleveland high school where a suspected shooter is a 14-year-old student who was apparently upset about a suspension.