OFFICER WHO SHOT TAMIR RICE, 12, LOSES HIS JOB

CLEVELAND The police officer who shot and killed 12-yearold Tamir Rice was fired Tuesday for inaccuracies on his job application, while the officer who drove the patrol car the day of the shooting was suspended for violating a tactical rule.

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams announced the discipline against officers Timothy Loehmann, who shot the boy, and Frank Garmback, who was driving the cruiser that skidded to a stop near the boy.

Tamir, who was black, was shot outside a recreation centre in November 2014 as he held a pellet gun that the white officers mistook for a real firearm. The killing became part of a national outcry about police violence against minorities.

Loehmann was fired because he wasn’t truthful on his job application, Williams said. A disciplinary letter cited his failure to reveal that a suburban department had allowed him to resign instead of being fired at the end of a probationary period.

Garmback was suspended for 10 days for violating a tactical rule for his driving that day.