Ryan Gainer, a teen with autism, was a cross-country runner who worked out his frustrations with six-mile runs and dreamed of becoming an engineer. On Saturday afternoon, the 15-year-old became upset that his parents had demanded he complete his household chores before he would be allowed to play video games or listen to music on his computer, according to DeWitt Lacy, a civil rights attorney representing Ryan's family. Any teen would be upset by that," Lacy said. Some people with autism experience more heightened emotions and on that day Ryan responded by breaking glass on the front door, Lacy said. A family member called 911 for help, asking dispatch to send deputies to "take him in" because he was breaking glass and hitting his sister, according to a portion of the call released by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. But instead a responding deputy fatally shot the teen, saying he had threatened the deputy with a garden tool. A 15-year-old Apple Valley youth was shot and killed by a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy during an altercation with family members. Ryan's death has heightened concerns from activists about law enforcement's use of force against people suffering from mental health issues and the lack of supportive services available for families when they call police for help. The death was not the first. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department was sued last year after deputies shot and killed Tony Garza while he was in the middle of a mental health crisis. In 2019, an off-duty LAPD officer fatally shot 32-year-old Kenneth French, who had a cognitive disability, during an altercation inside a Costco in Corona. Zoe Gross works as the advocacy director at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, a nonprofit organization run by and for individuals on the autism spectrum. Gross said it's critical that law enforcement release a fuller picture of what happened during their encounter with Ryan to better understand what could have been done differently. "The autistic community has seen far too many cases of law enforcement profiling, targeting, and using excessive, sometimes deadly force on Black autistic people," Gross said. "Because of the prevalence of police violence and the amount of unmet need in our communities, we must fund and implement alternatives to policing." Gross said these alternatives could include dispatching other types of first responders for people in crisis, such as specially trained EMTs, as well as funding community services that could provide support before people resort to calling authorities. Lacy, the Gainer family's attorney, said the sheriff's department had experience with Ryan and had responded to the family's home on previous occasions. "Once they typed up the address, it should have clearly shown this was somebody that had some mental health issues at times," Lacy said. "They should have used deescalating techniques.

Drone video of a deadly standoff that took the life of a Riverside County sheriff's deputy on Friday appears to capture the suspect being shot by another deputy on the street before the wounded officer is rushed into the back of a sheriff's SUV. The video was posted to YouTube late Friday by a brand new account created the same day. Its owner could not immediately be reached for comment by The Times on Saturday. The video provided the clearest picture yet of the encounter, which took the life of Deputy Darnell Calhoun, 30. The sheriff's department said Calhoun was fatally shot after responding to an "unknown trouble" call about 4:20 p.m. in the 18500 block of Hilldale Lane, a residential area in Lakeland Village.

Fox News contributor Leo Terrell joined'America's Newsroom' to discuss why crime is surging nationwide and how'parental involvement' can reverse the dangerous trend. An Indiana man was slapped with 10 charges after he allegedly fatally shot his father and dismembered his corpse after believing him to be a robot. Shawn Hays, 53, of Lawrence County, Indiana, was arrested Dec. 20 after deputies responded to a welfare check call on his 73-year-old father Rodney Hays, according to a probable cause affidavit cited by local Fox affiliate WXIN. The person who called the police informed them that Hays told them that he had shot and mutilated his father because he had been turned into a robot. Shawn Hays, 53, was slapped with 10 charges after he allegedly fatally shot his father and dismembered his corpse after believing him to be a robot.

Suddenly the era of driverless cars seems very near indeed. Uber began testing driverless cars in Pittsburgh last week, and this week, the Obama administration endorsed the push to develop these vehicles. Adding to the momentum, Ford and BMW say they will produce autonomous cars by 2021. Driverless cars will create some big winners -- imagine how Uber's and Lyft's profits will jump when they can keep 100% of fares instead of letting drivers keep 70%. But they will produce some big losers too, notably the 5 million people nationwide -- including 600,000 in California -- who make their living driving taxis, buses, vans, trucks and e-hailing vehicles.

Hacking into a phone is unlikely to physically hurt the victim. A security research team in China hacked into a Tesla Model S and said they took over the car's brakes from 12 miles away. A video released this week shows members of the research team being thrust forward as the remote hacker slammed the brakes on command. The demonstration took place in an empty parking lot. The team from Keen Security Lab, an arm of Tencent, also used a laptop computer to turn on the windshield wipers, retract the side view mirror and pop open the trunk, all while the car was moving.

A 13-year-old in California shook her head at the TV. A 5-year-old in Pittsburgh asked her father why people are so angry. As America coped with one tragic moment after another this week, with the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile followed by the shooting of a dozen police officers in Dallas, the country's parents had an added task: explaining each act of violence to their children. "If [children] see a bunch of this on television, they can become the indirect victims of trauma," said Suzanne Silverstein, director of the Cedars-Sinai Psychological Trauma Center. African American children might be afraid for their own lives or for their friends and families when they see black men being shot.

Several hundred people filled Thanks-Giving Square in downtown Dallas on Friday for an interfaith service hosted by dozens of clergy. A rabbi spoke, then an imam, a Methodist and a Baptist. A dozen uniformed police looked on, wearing black bars over their badges in honor of their fallen comrades. Mayor Mike Rawlings reminded the crowd when the square was erected: in 1964, a year after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated here, a bloody legacy that would haunt the city for decades. In recent weeks, people gathered in the square to mourn victims of the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla.

A 13-year-old in California shook her head at the TV. A 5-year-old in Pittsburgh asked her father why people are so angry. As America coped with one tragic moment after another this week, with the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile followed by the shooting of a dozen police officers in Dallas, the country's parents had an added task: explaining each act of violence to their children. "If [children] see a bunch of this on television, they can become the indirect victims of trauma," said Suzanne Silverstein, director of the Cedars-Sinai Psychological Trauma Center. African American children might be afraid for their own lives or for their friends and families when they see black men being shot.