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The Associated Press
Cleveland

Officer who shot Tamir Rice is fired in unrelated matter

Protesters remember Tamir Rice
In a Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 photo, Tomiko Shine holds up a picture of Tamir Rice, the 12-year old-boy fatally shot on Nov. 22 by a rookie police officer, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Jose Luis Magana | AP 2014

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The police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fired Tuesday for inaccuracies on his job application, while the officer who drove the patrol car the day of the November 2014 shooting was suspended in the case for violating a tactical rule.

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams announced the discipline against officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, who were involved in the fatal shooting of the boy at a recreation center as he held a pellet gun.

Loehmann, who shot Rice, was fired for inaccuracies on his application form, Williams said.

A disciplinary letter against Loehmann has previously cited his failure to reveal during the Cleveland police application process that a suburban department allowed him to resign instead of being fired at the end of a six-month probationary period.

Garmback, who was driving the cruiser that skidded to a stop near the boy, has been suspended for 10 days for violating a tactical rule for his driving that day.

A discipline letter against Garmback cited him for driving too close to Rice. Video of the shooting shows the patrol car skidding to a stop just feet from Tamir.

The police union representing the officers planned a news conference later Tuesday.

Earlier this year, the 911 dispatcher who took the call that led to the shooting was suspended for eight days for failing to tell the dispatcher who sent the officers to the rec center that the man who called 911 about "a guy" pointing a gun at people also said it could be a juvenile and the gun might be a "fake."