Mentally Challenged Teen Killed by Police in Front of Parents

"My word that I want to get out to every family who has a mentally ill patient: do NOT call the police department for help, because your son will probably get shot and killed, just like mine did." These are the words of the mother of 18 year old Keith Vidal, who was shot and killed by police when they responded to a call from the family for help with their schizophrenic son in Boiling Spring Lakes North Carolina. The mother and other family members addressed the media after the Southport Police Department held a press conference, where the family reportedly was not invited. According to the family's report, as can be heard directly in the video below, their son was upset and had a small screw driver in his hand, which they could not get away. He was not threatening anybody with it, but they could not get it away from him. They were afraid he was going to hurt himself. A call was put in to the police to help them get the screw driver away from the boy. The boy only weighed 90 lbs. The boy was tasered first. Then two officers were holding the youth down with the father nearby, when a third police reportedly walked in, about 15 minutes after the first two policemen had arrived and were already dealing with the situation, and within 10 seconds reportedly stated “We don’t have time for this” and then drew his gun and shot the boy who was between the other two policeman. The father jumped up and threw him back, and the policeman reportedly drew his gun again, and the father states he was afraid that he was going to be shot next: "I thought he was going to shoot me."