A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers Sunday night when, police say, he accelerated a vehicle he was driving towards them, prompting the officers to open fire.

The boy, Andre Green, appears to be the youngest person to be killed by police since 12-year-old Tamir Rice was killed last November.

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In a Monday press conference, IMPD Assistant Chief Lloyd Crowe said his officers were attempting to stop a car full of people that reportedly matched the description of a red Nissan that had been carjacked earlier that evening.

When they pulled it over, two suspects fled from the vehicle. The boy remained in the car and then allegedly rammed into the police vehicle, almost hitting an officer, IMPD Assistant Chief Lloyd Crowe said.

Green then allegedly got out of the car armed with a handgun and collapsed by the driver’s side door, reports say, although the police department has yet to confirm that. Crowe did say there was a handgun in the vicinity of the suspect after he exited the vehicle.

Green was pronounced dead on the scene.

Photo of Andre Green, 15, from June. Shared with us by his sister, Terika Jackson: pic.twitter.com/JXaW5jSQwh — Jill Disis (@jdisis) August 10, 2015

Twitter users expressed outrage at his death.

15 year old #AndreGreen was shot and killed by Indianapolis police just last night. They are killing our children. — W.E.B DemBois (@Phil_Cosby_) August 10, 2015

If you can't detain an unarmed child without taking his life, you shouldn't be a police officer. Plain and simple. Rip #AndreGreen — Slim Que (@Nicholas_ted33) August 10, 2015

My heart can't take anymore shootings. RIP to another young, beautiful black boy named #AndreGreen. — Gia Peppers (@GiaPeppers) August 10, 2015

"Not only did this young man have the propensity to use a firearm, but he also had the car to use as a weapon," said Chief Crowe, adding that the boy was wearing an ankle bracelet — suggesting a criminal history — and that his social media accounts showed he was going down "the wrong path."

“There were demonstrations from his social media and other things that led us to believe this young man was going down the wrong path," he said.

Indianapolis Director of Public Safety David Wantz would not comment on whether or not he felt that his officers were justified in shooting the suspect.

When asked about the protocol of the police shooting at a moving vehicle, he said that the IMPD "discourages officers from shooting at moving vehicles unless the situation is absolutely so critical that theres no other course of action to be taken."

Crowe said that there was no body-worn or dash-cam camera at the scene and no independently recorded footage that they know of thus far.

At least one witness to the shooting, Allon Eaton, 29, told the Indianapolis Star that he was standing on the corner during the scene and said the teen did not try to run down the police.

During Monday's press conference, Wantz said the shooting highlights that the city's community has youth "in need of care, in need of services, who are in need to have their community wrap their arms around them to keep them out of harm's way."

He added that several investigations were being performed by the critical incident response team and the police department would provide more information as they move forward.

The officers who shot the teen will be placed on paid leave as police investigate, which is standard procedure in any officer-involved shooting, according to the Indianapolis Star.

Mashable reached out to the IMPD and has yet to received a response. We'll update if and when we do.