Authorities are investigating the fatal injury of an autistic boy by police in California

The relatives of an autistic boy who was shot and fatally wounded by police while outside his home holding a garden tool are demanding more transparency from California authorities investigating the incident, the family's lawyer said Tuesday. Ryan Gainer, a 15-year-old African-American, was killed Saturday afternoon in Apple Valley, a community northeast of Los Angeles. He was shot by at least one of the San Bernardino County police officers who rushed to his home after what the family's attorney described as a mental health crisis. The sheriff's office released the call one of Ryan's sisters made to 911 asking for help. In this, voices are heard in the background, while the girl on the phone says that her brother is beating one of her sisters and holding a piece of glass, which at one point he also brought to his neck, threatening to […]
Source: News Beast

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