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Boy shot and killed by Utica police officer identified, vigil tonight
Boy shot and killed by Utica police officer identified, vigil tonight
Updated: Jun. 29, 2024, 4:17 p.m.|Published: Jun. 29, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Nyah Mway, 13, was shot and killed by Utica Police on June 28, 2024. He's shown here displaying a certificate marking his graduation from eighth grade this month from Donovan Middle School in Utica.
By Rylee Kirk | rkirk@syracuse.com
Utica, N.Y. — A 13-year-old boy shot and killed by a Utica police officer during a struggle has been identified and a vigil has been scheduled tonight.
The boy killed was Nyah Mway, a Karen refugee born in Burma, said Dah Eh, a family friend.
The boy just completed 8th grade at Donovan Middle School in Utica.
The vigil is planned at 8 p.m. in the 900 block of Shaw Street, where he was shot. Eh asked people to bring candles.
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Updated: Jun. 29, 2024, 4:17 p.m.|Published: Jun. 29, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Nyah Mway, 13, was shot and killed by Utica Police on June 28, 2024. He's shown here displaying a certificate marking his graduation from eighth grade this month from Donovan Middle School in Utica.
By Rylee Kirk | rkirk@syracuse.com
Utica, N.Y. — A 13-year-old boy shot and killed by a Utica police officer during a struggle has been identified and a vigil has been scheduled tonight.
The boy killed was Nyah Mway, a Karen refugee born in Burma, said Dah Eh, a family friend.
The boy just completed 8th grade at Donovan Middle School in Utica.
The vigil is planned at 8 p.m. in the 900 block of Shaw Street, where he was shot. Eh asked people to bring candles.
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Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 871 of the general business law, as added by chapter 475 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
2. "Imitation weapon" means any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material which substantially duplicates or can reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm, air rifle, pellet gun, or "B-B" gun; unless such imitation weapon
a) is colored [other than black, blue, silver or aluminum,] WHITE, BRIGHT RED, BRIGHT ORANGE, BRIGHT YELLOW, BRIGHT GREEN, BRIGHT BLUE, BRIGHT PINK OR BRIGHT PURPLE ON THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR SURFACE OR AS THE PREDOMINANT COLOR IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER COLORS IN ANY PATTERN; OR(b) [is marked with a non-removable orange stripe which is at least one inch in width and runs the entire length of the barrel on each side and the front end of the barrel,] IS CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY OF TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT MATERIALS WHICH PERMITS UNMISTAKABLE OBSERVATION OF THE IMITATION OR TOY FIREARM'S COMPLETE CONTENTS; [and](c) has a barrel [at least one inch in diameter] that is closed for a distance of not less than one-half inch from the front-end of its barrel with the same material of which the imitation weapon is made, UNLESS IT IS A WATER GUN;
kid pulls out a Glock
https://www.umarexusa.com/glock-g17-replica-pistols]
https://www.amazon.com/Glock-177-Caliber-Steel-Pistol/dp/B07FT2LLLK]
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 871 of the general business law, as added by chapter 475 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
2. "Imitation weapon" means any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material which substantially duplicates or can reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm, air rifle, pellet gun, or "B-B" gun; unless such imitation weapon
a) is colored [other than black, blue, silver or aluminum,] WHITE, BRIGHT RED, BRIGHT ORANGE, BRIGHT YELLOW, BRIGHT GREEN, BRIGHT BLUE, BRIGHT PINK OR BRIGHT PURPLE ON THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR SURFACE OR AS THE PREDOMINANT COLOR IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER COLORS IN ANY PATTERN; OR(b) [is marked with a non-removable orange stripe which is at least one inch in width and runs the entire length of the barrel on each side and the front end of the barrel,] IS CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY OF TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT MATERIALS WHICH PERMITS UNMISTAKABLE OBSERVATION OF THE IMITATION OR TOY FIREARM'S COMPLETE CONTENTS; [and](c) has a barrel [at least one inch in diameter] that is closed for a distance of not less than one-half inch from the front-end of its barrel with the same material of which the imitation weapon is made, UNLESS IT IS A WATER GUN; 
