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.

Victor Perez, who also has cerebral palsy, remained hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday after having nine bullets removed from his body.{ai:summary}Idaho police officers shot a teenage boy, who was nonverbal, autistic, and intellectually disabled, shortly after arriving at the scene. The incident occurred as he approached them with a knife. The boy was critically wounded in the encounter. #crime

Video shows Idaho police open fire on knife-holding autistic teen while separated by fence

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