--- description: "I can't see him grow up," Tamir Rice's father said title: Tamir Rice's Dad Hasn't Told His Other Kids How Their Brother Died image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9937a362ad36b6d/698852008e0601981e460b2a/tamir-rice-family-benjamin-crump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tamir Rice's Dad Hasn't Told His Other Kids How Their Brother Died by [Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Ortiz / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 28, 2015 3:11 PM CUT  Samaria Rice, center, speaks about the investigation into the death of her son Tamir Rice, at a news conference with attorneys Walter Madison, left, and Benjamin Crump in Cleveland, on Jan. 6, 2015. Samaria Rice, center, speaks about the investigation into the death of her son Tamir Rice, at a news conference with attorneys Walter Madison, left, and Benjamin Crump in Cleveland, on Jan. 6, 2015.Mark Duncan—AP by [Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Ortiz / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 28, 2015 3:11 PM CUT The father of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Cleveland boy fatally shot by police last year, said he’s struggling to tell his other children why their brother is no longer alive. In his first public interview since Tamir’s death, Leonard Warner told [NBC affiliate WKYC](http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/cleveland/2015/05/27/tamir-rices-father-speaks/28053235/ "undefined") on Wednesday that he has no answer for the boy’s siblings. “Every time they wake up, they asking about him … and they go to sleep, they asking about him,” said Warner, adding that he doesn’t give the kids details about how Tamir died. “I can’t tell them, but he’s watching over you,” Warner said. A Cuyahoga… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tamir-rices-dad-speaks-after-sons-fatal-shooting-i-cant-n365896?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3899868/tamir-rice-dad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3899868/tamir-rice-dad/"},"headline":"Tamir Rice's Dad Hasn't Told His Other Kids How Their Brother Died","datePublished":"2015-05-28T15:11:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:42:23.758Z","description":"\"I can't see him grow up\"","url":"https://time.com/3899868/tamir-rice-dad/","keywords":["Crime","Law"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9937a362ad36b6d/698852008e0601981e460b2a/tamir-rice-family-benjamin-crump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Erik Ortiz / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9937a362ad36b6d/698852008e0601981e460b2a/tamir-rice-family-benjamin-crump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"samaria rice tamir leonard warner","caption":"samaria rice tamir leonard warner","creditText":"Mark Duncan—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3899868/tamir-rice-dad/","name":"Tamir Rice's Dad Hasn't Told His Other Kids How Their Brother Died"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Mothers of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice Speak Out On CNN","description":"Mothers of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice Speak Out On CNN","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Xf73WGsq/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-13T14:28:13.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Xf73WGsq.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3899868/tamir-rice-dad/","duration":"PT1M27S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3899868/tamir-rice-dad/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```