Police fatally shoot black teenaged girl in Ohio as Floyd verdict announced

The shooting happened some 25 minutes before a judge read the verdict convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the killing of Mr Floyd.

Police at the scene of the fatal shooting of a black girl by an officer in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday (Brooke LaValley/Columbus Dispatch/AP)

Police shot and killed a black teenaged girl on Tuesday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.

Police showed bodycam footage at a news conference of an officer shooting the girl as she appeared to attempt to stab two people with a knife.