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Devastating bodycam video shows the moment deputies opened fire on 15-year-old with autism

Gainer was fatally shot by deputies responding to his Apple Valley home on Saturday, March 9, 2024.

LOS ANGELES — San Bernardino County Sheriff's officials have confirmed that law enforcement responded five times this year to the Apple Valley home of a 15-year-old with autism before deputies fatally shot the teen this weekend in an incident that has raised protest from family members and mental health experts.

It is not clear how much information deputies had when they arrived at Ryan Gainer's but Ryan had been taken to a mental health

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