Idaho police release body camera video of nonverbal and autistic teen's fatal shooting

Police in Idaho released body-worn and security camera recordings Thursday showing officers fatally shooting a knife-wielding, intellectually disabled teenage boy from the other side of a chain link fence, confirming that they made no effort to de-escalate the situation before…

Pain into purpose: Iowa family commits to advocacy after autistic son drowns

Elliot Shur, 6, with autism drowned in an Altoona pond. Parents urge awareness as they mourn.

The teenager, autistic non-verbal, had been seriously injured by police fire, who had taken him for a man in a state of drunkenness and armed with a knife.

Victor Perez, 17, was chased through a yard with a knife. The police did not even attempt to peacefully resolve the situation, and shot him within 12 seconds of their arrival.

Disabled teen fatally shot nine times by police in his yard

‘Everybody was trying to tell the police, no, no.’

Autistic teenager shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support

An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain-link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, his family said.