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A teenaged boy is dead after a police-involved shooting in which officers claim the youth pointed a replica firearm at them. The incident unfolded on the night of June 28 in Utica, New York. According to the Utica Observer-Dispatch, officers from the Utica Police Department encountered 13-year-old Nyah Mway and another juvenile at 10:18 p.m. Mway was walking near the unidentified juvenile, who was riding a bicycle in the street. Police stopped the teens, who they say matched the description of suspects in recent local robberies, using Mway’s presence on the road as a pretense. Mway initially h…

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