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California sheriff’s deputies kill 17-year-old boy with mental health issues

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The teen was being transferred from a hospital to a mental health facility when he escaped on Tuesday. Photograph: B Christopher/Alamy

Southern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home, authorities said on Wednesday.

The teen was being transferred from a hospital, where he had been treated after cutting himself, to a mental health facility when he escaped on Tuesday, the San Bernardino county sheriff, Shannon Dicus, said.

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