Boy (13) carrying replica gun shot dead by US police in Utica, New York

The mother of the 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed by Utica police cries after listening to a translator inside City Hall in Utica, New York. Photo: Reuters

Philip Marcelo

An officer in upstate New York fatally shot a 13-year-old boy who had been tackled to the ground after he ran from police while carrying a replica handgun, authorities said Saturday.

The shooting happened at around 10.15pm local time on Friday after officers stopped two youths for an unspecified “police investigation”, Utica police chief Mark Williams said.