An autistic and non -verbal teenager who was repeatedly shot by the Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while holding a knife died on Saturday after being retired from the life support, said his family.
Victor Pérez, 17, who also had cerebral palsy, had bone in a coma as a shooting on April 5, and the tests on Friday showed that he had no brain activity, said his aunt, Ana Vázquez, to Associated Press.
He had undergone several surgeries, with doctors removing nine bullets and amputating his leg.
The police in the city of Southeast of Idaho, Pocatello, responded to a 911 call that reports that a man with an intoxicated knife with equipment was chasing some in a patio.
It turned out to be Pérez, who was not intoxicated, but walked with a stepped march due to his disabilities, Vázquez said.
The family members had their legs trying to keep the knife from the big kitchen.
The video tasks of a neighbor showed that Pérez was lying in the courtyard after falling when four officers arrived and rushed to the fence at the edge of the patio.
They immediately ordered Pérez to drop the knife, but insults that he stood up and stumbled towards them.
The officers opened fire in about 12 seconds to get out of their patrols and did not make any device effort to decline the situation.
“Everyone tried to tell the police, no, no,” said Vázquez. “Those four officers didn’t care. They didn’t ask what was happening, what the situation was.”
“How will the fence jump when you can barely walk?” She said.
The shooting outraged Pérez’s family and the residents of Pocatello, and about 200 people in vigil on Saturday morning morning outside the Hospital de Pocatello, where he was treated.
Another multitude of protesters met outside the City Council of Pocatello, which also houses the Police Department, Saturday afternoon.
Police snipers were parked in a nearby duration of the roof, although no violence was reported.
Many of the protesters had signs with phrases such as “do better, ppd” and “Justice for Victor”, and the cars that passed touched the horn.
A police spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comments from Associated Press.
“That police broke our family,” Vásquez said on Saturday, shortly after Pérez. “Death.” There is no way to explain the pain we are feeling at this time. It is as if our hearts were empty, it is no longer full. “
The officers, whose names have not been released, were placed on administrative license.
The decisions about whether the charges against them must be presented after an independent investigation by the Critical Incidents of the East of Idaho, said Bannock County Prosecutor, Ian Johnson, AP by email.
“When that investment is completed, a report will be presented for review,” he said. “In a continuous effort to ensure independent and objective consideration, this report will be reviewed by an agency outside Bannock County.”
The mayor of Pocatello, Brian Magazine, said in a statement on Friday, after the family announced that Pérez had no brain activity, that the thoughts and sentences of the officials were with them.
“We recognize the pain and complaint that this incident has caused in our community,” said the magazine.
Leaf said Thorsday that the city was “addressing this matter with the seriousness and thoroughness it deserves and with the appropriate respect for the seriousness of the situation.”
“Criminal, external and internal investigations with respect to the shooting involved by the officer are underway, so we cannot answer questions outside the group or interfere or compromise the investigation,” he said.
Pérez loved to see the professional struggle, eat fries and walk while holding his mother’s hand, Vásquez said.
He would always realize when Vásquez painted his favorite color, or when she is a new fabric, showing her admiration when touching her hair, he said.
“I’m going to miss it when I used to get strange, and used to bed,” he said. “He would like to sleep and would be raised again, and he would have to accompany him back to bed. I would promise him:” Hey, I will come back tomorrow, but you must go to bed and sleep. “
Vásquez said he did not know what the following was for the family, apart from an autopsy will take place on Monday. At this time, he said, they need a time to rest.
