By COLLEN LONG and JAKE PEARSON
Demonstrator Fatimah Shakur speaks during a vigil held for Kimani “Kiki” Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a New York City teenager shot to death by police is planning to speak out.
Kimani Gray’s mother, Carol Gray, and other relatives are holding a press conference Thursday afternoon in Brooklyn.
Police say 46 protesters have been arrested following a candlelight vigil on Wednesday night. Most are charged with disorderly conduct. One police officer suffered a gash in the face after he was hit by an object tossed from a building.
A spokesman for Gray’s parents said previously that they would not speak publicly as long as there was violence.
Authorities say 16-year-old Gray was shot Saturday night by two plainclothes police officers after he pointed a gun at them
