Man with autism in police shooting of Charles Kinsey 'traumatized': Family

The man with autism who police union officials in North Miami say was the intended target in an accidental shooting of his unarmed caregiver was left "traumatized" by the incident, his family said Saturday.

The family of Arnaldo Rios-Soto argued that law enforcement officers need better training in dealing with people who have mental disabilities.

Since Monday's shooting, Rios-Soto is "not sleeping, he's not eating, he's not the same anymore," his sister, Mariam Rios, told reporters.

Rios-Soto, 26, had wandered from the MacTown Panther Group Homes and was being assisted by therapist Charles Kinsey when police responded to a 911 call about a suicidal man with a gun.

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Rios-Soto was unarmed but clutching a toy truck.

Jonathan Aledda, a four-year veteran of the North Miami Police Department, fired in Rios-Soto's direction because he thought Kinsey was in danger, the president of the Police Benevolent Association in Dade County said Thursday.

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But instead, it was Kinsey who was shot in the leg. He was released from the hospital Thursday.

The moments leading up to the shooting were captured on a witness's cellphone video and sparked outrage nationwide as the latest apparent example of excessive force against unarmed black men.

"To say that we didn't mean to shoot the African-American guy, we meant to shoot the guy with the disability makes the person's life worth nothing," said Soto family attorney Matthew Dietz. "As a disability advocate, I was outraged. I couldn't believe that this was actually being said by a person with some authority who should know better."