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13-Year-Old Boy With Autism Disorder Shot By Salt Lake City Police

The boy's mother says she called 911 to get help for her son, who was experiencing a mental health crisis. She says she told officers he was unarmed. No weapon was found.

A police officer in Salt Lake City shot a 13-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome on Friday after his mother called 911 seeking help for her son, who was experiencing a mental health crisis.

Golda Barton told CBS affiliate that she called police to request that a crisis intervention team transport her son, Linden Cameron, to a hospital for treatment as he was having

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