Idaho police have published Bodycam images of the fatal shooting of the officers of a nonverbal autistic teenager who held a knife.
Victor Pérez, 17, He died in Abra. 13Eight days later Be triggered By officers of the Pocatello Police Department who were called to his family’s home after receiving reports from an armed man with a knife chasing people.
The images of the Bodycam incident show a race to the scene on April 5, shows Pérez lying on his belly in the front courtyard, holding a knife in his left hand.
“Leave the knife!” The officer shouted as he took out his gun.
Two family members in the front courtyard seemed to try to calm the officers, with a fence man by postponing to hold his hands to request restriction, Conformity with Idaho News 6.
While the officer continued to shout “release the knife,” Pérez stood still grabbing the gun.
The 17 -year -old seemed to take a half step towards the police, which is when the officer opened fire from the other side of the fence, according to the footage of the body of the body.
Pérez, who also had cerebral pals Associated press.
Those surgeries eliminated nine bullets from the body of adolescents.
The officers fired the first shots less than 15 seconds after leaving their police cruises and did not make any team effort to discourage the situation.
The shooting has promoted local outrage, with several Pocatello residents who chose the police department, the AP reported.
“I cannot imagine anyone in the community who trusted the police after this. They were called again to help with a minor who had an episode of mental health in his front courtyard and died in death,” said protester Dylan Harrison. Idaho News 6.
