The death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was shot last month by a Cleveland police officer who authorities say mistook the child's air gun for a real firearm, has been ruled a homicide, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office said Friday.

The November 22 shooting outside a Cleveland recreation center is under investigation, and Tamir's family has filed a lawsuit against two officers and the city over his death.

The homicide finding indicates that Tamir was killed by the police officer, rather than dying accidentally or by natural causes or by suicide. Medical examiners' homicide findings make no comment on whether the killing constitutes a crime.

The cause of death was a "gunshot wound of the torso with injuries of major vessel, intestines and pelvis," according to paperwork provided by Christopher Harris in the medical examiner's communications office.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/12/justice/cleveland-tamir-rice/index.html

Wonder what happens next...

The officer that fired shouldn't have been a cop

But I watched the video and the kid reached for his waistband

Next we wait for the court system to hear the case on the officer like reasonable people.

Next we wait for an arraignment, then a prelim. hearing, followed by a grand jury, and finally a trial. That is if everything checks out at each level for probable cause

Even though he was 12, he was asking for it with something that looked exactly like a firearm...in this day and age you can't be too careful. Age didn't matter. Lets be honest here, the kid was an idiot with that in a public park.