Reporter ripped after asking Columbus police chief why officer didn't shoot Ma'Khia Bryant in arm or leg

Social media erupted in scorn Wednesday after a reporter asked Columbus, Ohio, Police Chief Michael Woods whether a responding officer could have shot 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant in the arm or leg.

Columbus police released footage from the body camera of the officer who shot Bryant Tuesday night. Footage from the other officers on the scene was released at a second briefing Wednesday afternoon.  "Can an officer shoot the leg, can they shoot somewhere that would not result in a fatal wound?" asked an unidentified reporter at one point, after noting that observers have asked the same question. "One of the difficult things with that is ... we don't train to shoot the leg because that's a small target," Woods explained. "We train to shoot center mass, what is available to stop that threa ... There was a deadly force threat that was going on, so the officer is trained to shoot center mass."