For the first time, the Cleveland Police officers involved in the 2014 shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice are speaking out.

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office released statements by the two cops on Tuesday, which state that Tamir was told to put his hands up before he was fatally shot, reports CNN.

The shooting took place on Nov. 22, 2014, after police mistook Tamir's pellet gun for a real firearm and shot him in a park. Surveillance video of the incident shows that Tamir was walking around and waving the toy gun outside the Cudell Recreation Center. That's when a man called 911 to report someone pointing a gun at other people. Although he said the gun was "probably fake," the dispatcher failed to communicate that information to the responding officers. As a result, rookie cop Timothy Loehmann responded to the call by fatally shooting the boy just two seconds after arriving on the scene with officer Frank Garmback. Rice was then left lying in the grass bleeding to death for four minutes until a detective and FBI agent arrived. He died from his injuries the following day.

In a signed statement given to investigators and released by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday, Loehmann said he saw a suspect "pick up an object and stick it down in his waistband." He says he yelled "show me your hands" as loudly as he could. He added that he thought the suspect "appeared to be over 18 years old and about 185 pounds" and was pulling out a real gun.

Garmback, who was Loehmann's training officer on the day of the shooting, said that he thought Tamir was going to run away.

"As we moved in to the park, I saw the male in the gazebo. He matched the description given over the radio: black male, camouflage hat, and a gray sweatshirt/jacket with black sleeves. He saw us and started to walk toward the Recreation Center Building," Garmback wrote. "... I believed at first the male was going to run. I think I told my partner 'watch him he's going to run.' However, he stopped and turned toward our cruiser."

Garmback wrote that he first saw the gun "about the time Ptl. Loehmann exited the cruiser. The male was pulling it from the right front area of his waistband. I thought the gun was real."

Loehmann went on to write, "I was fixed on his waistband and hand area. I was trained to keep my eyes on his hands because 'hands may kill.' The male appeared to be over 18 years old and about 185 pounds. The suspect lifted his shirt reached down into his waistband. We continued to yell 'show me your hands.' I was focused on the suspect. Even when he was reaching into his waistband, I didn't fire. I still was yelling the command 'show me your hands.'"

Subodh Chandra, an attorney representing Tamir's family, slammed the statements as being contradictory.

"Loehmann, for example, insists that he observed things and took action that would have been physically impossible for any human being to do in the under two seconds it took him to shoot a 12-year-old child," he said in a statement on Tuesday, according to USA Today.