Death by Cop- 2024
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Aaron James
Case # :1224
Gender : Male
Age : 17
Race : White
Date : 04/02/2024
Location : 17000 block of Forest Hills Drive
City : Victorville
County : San Bernardino
State : California
Agency : Victorville Police Department, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Teenager in mental health crisis killed by police
Open records summary :
Police were called to a home with a 17-year-old male who was cutting himself in mental health crisis in his sister’s home who had been in and out of mental hospitals without finding much help. Police attacked him with pepper spray when they invaded him in the bathroom. He allegedly picked up some sort of knife and was shot and killed. He had been in foster care and had a history of mental health issues and was known to be very emotionally fragile. Police were sent to pick him up by force to take him to a mental health hospital, attacked him with guns drawn. He is seen cowering in a bathtub in fear of police and being wrestled to the ground and killed by several officers piled on top of him before being shot and killed at close range.
