Victor Perez, a 17-year-old boy described by his family as nonverbal, autistic and intellectually disabled, was gunned down by Idaho police from behind a chain-link fence.
A family incident involving a nonverbal, autistic, and physically disabled teenager escalated into a fatal police shooting, leaving the community of Pocatello, Idaho, in shock. On April 5, at approximately 5:22 p.m., officers responded to a 911 call ...
Police in the southeast Idaho city of Pocatello responded to a 911 call reporting that an apparently intoxicated man with a knife was chasing someone in a yard.
Victor Perez -- an autistic and nonverbal 17-year-old boy who was shot repeatedly on April 5th by Idaho police -- has died 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.