San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division deputies on Tuesday shot and killed a 17-year-old boy authorities say was experiencing a psychological well being disaster — the second teen killed by the regulation enforcement company in lower than a month.
The boy was contained in the Victorville foster house of his sister when deputies responded round 1 p.m. to a name of an “undesirable topic” in the home within the 17100 block of Forest Hills Drive, in line with the Sheriff’s Division.
He had locked himself in a rest room and threatened to harm himself when deputies kicked down the door and tried to arrest him, the division stated. The deputies first spent about half-hour attempting to de-escalate the scenario, authorities stated.
Video launched by the Sheriff’s Division reveals deputies scuffling with the 17-year-old — who was armed with a knife — within the bathtub. One officer was lower and a deputy shot the teenager, who later died on the hospital, in line with the division.
The boy’s title has not been launched pending household notification.
He had been taken to a hospital days earlier than the capturing for “harming himself,” San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus stated at a Wednesday information convention. The teenager was presupposed to have been taken from the hospital to a psychological well being facility, however he “absconded,” in line with Dicus, and went to the Victorville house.
“We’ve got a psychological well being disaster on our arms, not simply on this county, however in your entire state,” Dicus stated on the briefing.
The incident comes on the heels of the March capturing of 15-year-old Ryan Gainer, an autistic boy who was shot and killed by deputies at his house after they stated he threatened one with a gardening software. His household had referred to as for assist as a result of the boy was breaking glass and hitting his sister.
The March capturing heightened issues from activists about regulation enforcement’s use of pressure towards folks with autism and those that endure from psychological well being points.
