Japan Today - News - New York police kill teenager armed with hairbrush

Japan Today - News - New York police kill teenager armed with hairbrush: "NEW YORK — New York police shot and killed an 18-year-old youth armed with only a hairbrush, U.S. media reported Tuesday. Khiel Coppin was shot late Monday after a violent confrontation with his mother, who had called police for help, according to The New York Times. While she was on the phone, Coppin screamed that he had a gun and was going to kill her, the paper said. When police arrived, Coppin had jumped out of a ground-floor window with something in his hand and was shot by officers on the street."