NYC police officer shot and killed unarmed Bronx teenager Ramarley Graham

An unarmed New York City teen was shot and killed by a police officer inside his Bronx home.

According to reports, around 3:00 p.m. Thursday 19-year-old Ramarley Graham was standing on a street corner in his Willamsbridge neighborhood adjusting his pants waist, when officers spotted him and assumed he was reaching for a gun.

Upon seeing the officers, Graham, who had two prior arrests for marijuana and burglary, ran home to his second-floor apartment on East 229^th Streets with the officers in close pursuit.

Graham’s 39-year-old mother, Constance Malcolm, who was at home at the time of the incident, said the officers barged into her home and when her son darted toward his bathroom one of the two officers jumped him and the two began to struggle. The officer’s weapon then went off and a bullet pierced the teenager in his upper left chest.

Graham was rushed to Montefiore Medical Center, where he later died.

After searching Graham and his home police did not find a gun.

The shooting is under investigation.