In this image made from video, police are seen shortly before opening fire on a teen on the other side of a fence Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Pocatello, Idaho. (Brad Andres via AP)
April 9, 2025
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Intellectually disabled teen 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.
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Outrage builds as video shows police in Pocatello shooting a knife-wielding autistic teenager
Idaho police officers opened fire from behind a chain-link fence just seconds after exiting their patrol cars and critically wounded a teenage boy — described by his family as nonverbal, autistic and intellectually disabled — as he stepped toward them with a knife, video from a witness shows.