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[Mystic Wanderer]

Columbus cop who fatally shot Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, is an expert marksman in the Air National Guard where he also serves as a military policeman

• Nicholas Reardon shot Bryant at around 4.45pm on Tuesday on the 3100 block of Legion Lane while responding to a 911 call about an attempted stabbing 
  
  
• Reardon, a graduate of Bishop Watterson Catholic school in Columbus, was a member of the school's wrestling team 
  
  
• While he attended Air Force basic combat training, the school posted updates on his progress  
  
  
• Reardon graduated from basic combat training in August 2017 before attending the military's Security Forces Tech School at Lackland Air Force Base 
  
  
•  The Security Forces Academy teaches a 65-day course where students learn the basic functions of serving as military police
  
  
• His alma mater's Twitter account said he earned the expert marksman badge for the M4A1 Carbine fully automatic assault rifle used by the military 
  

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