Killing of John Crawford III

On August 5, 2014, John Crawford III, a 22-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed by a police officer in a Walmart store in Beavercreek, Ohio, near Dayton, while he was holding a BB gun that was for sale in the store. The shooting was captured on surveillance video and led to protests from groups including the NAACP and the Black Lives Matter movement.