13-year-old boy with autism shot by police after mother called for help
A 13-year-old boy is in the hospital after being shot by police in Glendale, Utah, on Friday.
Linden Cameron suffered injuries to his shoulder, ankles, intestine and bladder, his mother, Golda Barton, told CBS affiliate KUTV.
Barton said she called 911 to request a crisis intervention team because her son, who has Asperger’s syndrome, was having a breakdown. She said authorities are “supposed to come out and be able to deescalate a situation using the most minimal force possible.”
She told officers that her son needed to be taken from their home to a hospital, KUTV reported. The mother said five minutes after officers arrived that she heard police say “get down on the ground,” and several gunshots.
She said an officer would not immediately tell her whether her son was dead.
"I said, 'He's unarmed, he doesn't have anything, he just gets mad and he starts yelling and screaming. He's a kid, he's trying to get attention, he doesn't know how to regulate,' " Barton said.
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