17 Year Old Boy Shot In The Chest By Police For Brandishing A Broomstick

A 17-year-old boy is fighting for his life in a coma after Utah police shot him in the chest because he was brandishing a broomstick. Abdi Mohamed was hospitalized in downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday night after the shooting near a homeless shelter.

Mohamed, who lives with his girlfriend and their son, moved to the States from Kenya 10 years ago, according to the New York Daily News.

He was gunned down at 8.15pm on Saturday when police saw him arguing with a man while clutching a broomstick. Surrounding them, police allegedly told the boy to drop the broomstick.

When he did not, 'shots were fired'. Mohamed was hit in the chest and the stomach.