Tamir Rice ( 25 June 2002 - 23 November 2014 ) was a 12-year old African-American boy shot by 26-year-old police officer Timothy Loehmann on 22 November 2014 in Cleveland , Ohio .

Two police officers , Loehmann and 46-year-old Frank Garmback , responded Response after receiving a police dispatch Sending call regarding a black male that `` keeps Temporary_stay pulling a gun out of his pants and pointing Self_motion it at people '' .

Toward the end Process_end of the two-minute call , the caller states that `` he is probably a juvenile '' ; however , this information was not relayed Communication to officers Loehmann or Garmback on the initial dispatch Sending .

Loehmann further claimed Statement that instead of showing his hands , it appeared as if Rice was trying to draw : `` I knew Know it was a gun and I knew Know it was coming Motion out '' .

In the aftermath of the shooting Use_firearm , it was revealed Reveal_secret that Loehmann , in his previous job as a police officer in the Cleveland suburb of Independence , had been deemed Coming_to_believe an emotionally unstable recruit Becoming_a_member and unfit for duty .

Loehmann did not disclose Reveal_secret this fact on his application to join Becoming_a_member the Cleveland police , and Cleveland police never reviewed Scrutiny his previous personnel file before hiring him .

In 2017 , following Self_motion an investigation , Loehmann was fired Use_firearm for withholding this information on his application .

An FBI review Statement by retired agent Kimberly Crawford found Know that Rice 's death was justified Justifying and Loehmann 's `` response Response was a reasonable one '' .