LOS ANGELES, March 13 — Relatives of an autistic boy fatally shot by police while holding a garden tool outside his home are calling for greater transparency by California...
Relatives of an autistic boy fatally shot by police while holding a garden tool outside his home are calling for greater transparency by California authorities investigating the incident, the family’s lawyer said on Tuesday. ― Reuters picLOS ANGELES, March 13 — Relatives of an autistic boy fatally shot by police while holding a garden tool outside his home are calling for greater transparency by California authorities investigating the incident, the family’s lawyer said on Tuesday.
In a recording of the 911 call released by the sheriff’s office, screaming can be heard in the background as the caller says her brother is hitting another sister and carrying a piece of broken glass that he at one point had held to his own neck.The caller also describes the youth as committing “assault and battery” and pleads with the dispatcher to send police to “take him in.”
According to the sheriff’s department account of the confrontation, Gainer raised the “bladed end of the tool and ran toward” one deputy who retreated with the boy chasing him in an attempt to “assault” the officer.Body-worn camera footage released by the department shows Gainer charging after one deputy with the tool as the officer moves away and is heard shouting, “Get back, you’re gonna get shot,” then turns around points his gun at the boy.
He said the sheriff’s department knew about Gainer and his autism, as deputies had been called to the home five or six times before in response to outbursts reported by the family.
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