According to police, one of the officers fired several rounds into an alley, striking Tyre King. King was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital and listed in critical condition, but did not survive.

Everything began Tuesday when Carl Williams, 48, made a frantic call to police at 4:34 a.m. pleading for help after his wife said she was robbed by gunpoint where her car keys were stolen.

U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said the government would have had to establish without a reasonable doubt that the officers acted willfully, with the specific intent to do something the the law forbids.