Family, friends and loved ones on April 13 were mourning the death of an autistic Idaho teen with cerebral palsy who was shot by police officers a week earlier after he approached them with a knife.
Victor Perez, 17, was separated from the officers by a chain-link fence when he was shot nine times in his backyard in Pocatello, a city of 60,000 in southeastern Idaho that is home to Idaho State University. Victor was taken off life support April 12, four days after physicians amputated one of his legs in a desperate attempt to save his life.
Several hundred people gathered outside Portneuf Medical Center to show support for Perez and his family before his death, EastIdahoNews.com reported. Many gathered later for a protest near the Pocatello Police Department headquarters…