The Utica community is still looking for answers after 13-year-old Nyah Mway was shot and killed by a Utica Police Officer during an investigation June 28. Protesters are asking police for answers, claiming the use of deadly force was not justified.

Due to the ongoing investigations, the Utica Police Department say they can not say much about what can be seen in the recently released body cam footage of the incident.

Less than 24 hours after the fatal shooting of Mway, Utica Police made multiple files of body camera footage available to the public.

"We felt that we needed to release the entirety of the footage, which we had, so that the public can have an entire glimpse of what happened. The decision on what they see is up to them. We're not trying to drive a narrative. We're not trying to tell them what they can see with their own eyes. Simply that the Utica Police Department is not trying to hide anything in this investigation. We want community trust. We want community openness and honesty. The whole big thing is procedural justice," said Utica Police Lt. Michael Curley.

With investigations ongoing, police said they cannot comment on the footage as to what was permissible, what was policy and procedure, or legal.

There also isn’t an expectation that the grief, anger, and distrust felt in the community will go away just because this footage was released, but police say they’re doing everything they can to earn the community’s trust.

"We can only hope that through our transparency and the release of all the information that people understand what transpired during the incident. They can make their own determination based on that but understand that we are doing our very best to conduct a complete and thorough investigation to give everyone all of the information at the conclusion of this," Curley said.