COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), U.S. Attorney Carter Stewart has asked the FBI to investigate the fatal shooting of John Crawford III by Beavercreek police.
Crawford, a 21-year-old African-American, was shot and killed by police inside a Dayton-area Walmart on Aug. 5 when officers responding to a 911 call about a man in the store with a weapon mistook the air rifle he was carrying for a real firearm.