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A Canadian community is in uproar after police officers shot and killed a 15-year-old autistic boy who had the mental capacity of a 10 year old.

Chase de Balinhard decided to go for a walk around his neighborhood in Surrey, British Columbia on February 9 after his parents went out to watch the Super Bowl, CTV News reports.

By around 2.40pm, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police received a call that there was a person with a weapon at a school.

What happened next was caught on a neighbor’s surveillance camera.

It showed de Balinhard walking with a limp past a patrol vehicle with what his parents say was a pellet gun pointed to his head.

‘He was walking away very slowly not running, very slowly and not showing any aggression towards the officers,’ his father, Rick, described.

Heavily-armed police officers could then be heard trying to negotiate with the …

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