California Cops Kill Teen Who Charged Deputy With ‘Bladed Garden Tool’

Police in California shot and killed a 15-year-old boy after he chased a sheriff’s deputy “in an attempt to assault him” with a garden tool, they said a day after the Saturday incident.

The fatal shooting occurred shortly before 5 p.m., the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release. Deputies from the Apple Valley Police Department responded to a local residence after a 911 caller reported that the teenager “was actively assaulting family members and damaging property.”

The first deputy on the scene was confronted by the boy, identified as Ryan Gainer, who “was armed with an approximate five-foot-long garden tool, with a sharp bladed end,” the sheriff’s department said.

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