A 15-year-old Apple Valley youth wielding a backyard instrument was shot and killed Saturday by a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy, in response to a press release from the division.
The assertion stated the boy, Ryan Gainer, “chased the deputy in an try to assault him with the bladed finish” of a 5-foot lengthy backyard instrument.
The officer had confronted Gainer after being summoned by a 911 name on Saturday afternoon to a home within the 13400 block of Iroquois Street. The teenager allegedly was assaulting members of the family.
After being shot, “Gainer was transported by ambulance to an area hospital the place he later succumbed to his accidents,” in response to a Sheriff’s Division assertion launched Sunday.
Police physique digicam footage launched to Victor Valley Information Group exhibits a deputy approaching the open door of the household house when a youth fees out of the home, with an extended object raised, towards the officer.
“Get again, get again otherwise you’re going to get shot!” the deputy shouts as he strikes rapidly backward. The footage switches to that of a second officer that exhibits the officer retreating, one arm raised along with his gun pointed at Gainer.
The deputy who fired on the youth was not named.
The company stated the incident had been turned over to its specialised investigations unit.
