Probe into police shooting of teen completed

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Yesterday, Alex Griffith (left), the boy who was shot in his mouth by a police officer, received a laptop computer, television set and a DVD player compliments of the Benschop Foundation. The head of the foundation Mark Benschop made the presentation.
Yesterday, Alex Griffith (left), the boy who was shot in his mouth by a police officer, received a laptop computer, television set and a DVD player compliments of the Benschop Foundation. The head of the foundation Mark Benschop made the presentation.

-file turned over to Police Complaints Authority

The police force yesterday announced that its internal investigation of the shooting of 15-year-old Alex Griffith by a policeman has been completed and the case file was yesterday turned over to the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority.

In a statement, the police force announced that the Police Office of Professional Responsibili-ty had completed its investigation.

The announcement came on the heels of mounting criticism over the delay in the investigation of the shooting, which occurred on