CLEVELAND (AP) — A union representing the white Cleveland police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black child playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center, will ask...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The mother of a 12-year-old black boy who was fatally shot by a white Cleveland police officer wants the police union to stop trying to overturn the officer's firing.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A police union says it has appealed the firing of a white Cleveland police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old black boy playing with a pellet gun.

CLEVELAND (AP) — An arbitrator says the white officer who was fired after fatally shooting a 12-year-old black boy playing with a pellet gun won't get back his job with Cleveland police.

Timothy Loehmann was cleared in the shooting of Tamir Rice but was fired in May 2017 for failing to disclose to Cleveland that he'd been previously forced out by another department.

BELLAIRE, Ohio (AP) — The former Cleveland police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old black boy playing with a pellet gun has decided not to accept a part-time position with a small southeast Ohio department.

BELLAIRE, Ohio (AP) — The former Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice has been hired by a police department in a small Ohio village.

The Times Leader reports Bellaire's police chief confirmed Friday he hired Timothy Loehmann as a part-time officer.

Richard Flanagan said Loehmann was never charged in Tamir's death and deserves a second chance.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland police officer who was disciplined for his role in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice has seen his suspension cut in half.

Cleveland.com reports documents released Tuesday show an arbitrator has reduced Officer Frank Garmback's suspension from 10 days to five.

Garmback was disciplined for driving too close to Tamir just seconds before the boy was killed.

CLEVELAND (AP) — An appeals court has ruled against the Cleveland NAACP's request to release the full transcript from the grand jury that declined to indict two white officers in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

Cleveland.com reports the appeals court ruled unanimously on Thursday the NAACP did not show it was entitled to copies of the transcript.