Police kill unarmed man who was holding hairbrush

Last night in New York, an officer shot and killed an 18-year-old man who was believed to be armed. Today, follownig an investigation, it was found that the man was only carrying a hairbrush. This man’s name was Khiel Coppin and he was a son of a mother who called 911 following the shot. Police confirmed that Coppin was was yelling “I’ve got a gun, I’ve got a gun”. The incident happened after officers had arrived at the mother’s apartment, and when the teen refused to stop as he approched the police with a black object in his hand hidden under his shirt, the cops then fired 20 shots at the teen, killing him. Andre Wildman, who is a neighbor told the reportersm, and I qoute "The boy didn't have no gun, he had a brush on him”. Other neighbours such as Wayne Holder, suggest that police should be required to see a weapon before opening fire on a suspect. Neighbours commented on the shooting by saying “Police don’t even have to see it, if they think you got a weapon, you’re going to get shot”. When Coppion arrived at hospital, he was pronouce dead. There will be a full police investigation wheather Coppin was mentally illed or wheather his mom have tried hospitalizing Coppin before Monday. It seems there are two completely different stories about the shooting. Bystanders all agree that police started shooting Coppin because they wanted to. But, on the other hand, police told reporters that they were threaten with a man carrying a dangerous weapon.
I think this is a very serious issue, police are shooting citizens who aren’t harmful. I don’t think police had any right to open fire at this young man, he was carrying a hairbrush, that doesn’t even come close to be seen as a “dangerous” weapon. I personally think that police are just using this as an excuse for the shooting. If our justice system and people that uphold our justice system are liars and dangerous people themesevlesm, then we are facing a very serious problem. Police must be 100% sure that the man was carrying a weapon before open firing because it’s just unfair to the young man, the police basically committed mudering because they had killed a innocent citizen.