Watch: Black Boys Pull Out BB Gun, Police Lecture Them About Risk

Ohio police officer Peter Casuccio approached two black young boys suspected of having a gun and asked them to show their hands only to find they were using a BB gun. Casuccio drew his service weapon, but instead of firing, he decided to teach the duo a lesson.

The Columbus Police Department released the bodycam footage Monday, revealing the lecture the officer gave the 11-year-old and 13-year-old boys.

The video shows the 11-year-old boy pulling out what appeared to be a firearm from his waist and tossing it on the ground. The officer's gun was drawn, but he held his fire as the boy dropped what turned out to be a BB gun on the ground.

"You can't do that, dude, in today's world. Listen, that thing looks real, bro," Casuccio was heard saying.

The 11-year-old boy identified as Ja-Kwan Sowell apologized after officer Casuccio explained himself.

“You should be sorry and you should be scared,” Casuccio can be heard saying on the footage posted on YouTube. "Do you think I want to shoot an 11-year-old? Do you think I want to shoot a 13-year-old? Do I honestly look like the kind of dude who wants to shoot anybody?”

After the encounter, Casuccio took the boy home and spoke with his parents.

“Regardless of what people say about the dudes wearing this uniform. We care,” Casuccio said. He told the boy "I could've killed you” and he wouldn’t have missed if he shot at him.

“You could be gone. Everything you wanted to do in this life could’ve been over,” he said.

That encounter, which ended peacefully, took place more than 100 miles south of Cleveland, where former police officer Timothy Loehmann shot and killed 12-year-old African-American Tamir Rice in 2014. A witness had called 911 to report someone was brandishing a gun in a park. A grand jury declined to indict Loehmann in 2015 but he was later fired from the department for being untruthful on his job application.

In an interview with CNN, Casuccio said he received a 911 call reporting two boys waving a gun. He recalled seeing two boys who fit the description in the call. Loehmann said he slowly got out of his car “because I’m assessing whether I have to shoot or not.” The 11-year-old “kind of panicked” when he pulled the weapon from his waist.

“I thought it was a teachable moment,” Casuccio, who is a father of a 2-year-old boy, said. “This is getting kids killed all over the country.”