Complex sentence: Deputy Chief of Cleveland Police Ed Tomba said that after police responded, the boy did not point the object or make any verbal threats toward police, but did reach into his waistband and grasp it after police told him to raise his hands.
Split into simpler sentences: Deputy Chief of Cleveland Police Ed Tomba said that after police responded, the boy did not point the object or make any verbal threats toward police. He did reach into his waistband and grasp it after police told him to raise his hands.